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Normal service…
..is being resumed as soon as possible, if you do not know then let me advise that this site was hacked, massive thanks to Alison for alerting us. Paul has been very busy working on it since then and the message as always people is back up, back up, back up. In other news, we’ve…
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Vanitas, vanitas, omnia vanitas
Right. It’s been a while.* Need to add the password for this blog to my iPad so that I can post from wherever. Gorgeous day yesterday, we went to Vane Farm, looked around the refurbished cafe, not finished yet but we enjoyed a tasty lunch. Then we climbed Vane Hill. Once at the summit, and…
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Phew
We’ve been fortunate enough to see three nieces, two sisters, one nephew, one nephew in law, one aunt and one great nephew today, amongst others. Plus two chameleons.
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Manic Monday
….but lovely hugs from my nieces Fiona and Kerry. Of such stuff is a golden day made.
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Blitzed
..emm, a bit tired to think of a snappy title for the post, but otherwise well. And there’s so much on the go! I have shattered a shibboleth by booking a seat to see Madonna at Murrayfield in July. I’ve discussed the Elton gig in Falkirk with Margaret (not going, too pricey and no longer…
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and again..
Been very entwined in various activities. But I did find time to write to the Head of Radio, BBC Scotland, about the appallingly ridiculous proposed move to bin the Saturday morning Janice Forsyth show. This programme, if you have not ever listened to it, is the mainstay of a Scottish Saturday, Janice plays some rocking…
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Biz biz biz
.. busy So, we went away for the weekend, amidst loads of other stuff and keeping in touch with family, but we had a couple of lovely days in Blairgowrie. We stayed at the Altamount House, which hosted Marika and Rob’s wedding in 1999, thirteen years ago. It was at a wedding subsequent to that…
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Birdwatch day
Each year the RSPB asks people to watch the birds in their garden for an hour over the last weekend in January. My 2012 count was an improvement on last year: Four blackbirds Eight sparrows (might have been more but they move so fast I couldn’t count them) Two blue tits Two coal tits Two…
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Gigg(l)ing
Just home from another excellent evening at St Peter In Chains church in Inverkeithing, where After 8 Mince played a Burns Supper gig. Thanks to the organisers, the people who brought food for the lovely buffet, all the raffle prize donators, everyone who sang along and to Joe for deciding to invite us there in…
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Nightclubbing
It’s been a successful weekend for both of our social enterprises, the Folk Club had a good evening with Ayrshire band Luckenbooth while the Astronomy Club’s Stargazing Live Event to tie in with the recent BBC show of the same name, was very well attended and the skies were crystal clear for most of the…