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Spinally tapped
Another evening at Pilates, another well stretched me. We had a very interesting weekend with our friend Rieko, from Tokyo. Saturday: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Meadows walk; Burrell Collection, Pollok Park, Glasgow; then home for a gourmet Japanese meal. Sunday: The Kelpies, Falkirk; the new exhibition at the field of the Battle of Bannockburn;…
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Plenum
At least that is how my head feels just now, very busy at work and the lighter mornings wake me up early which means more thoughts squeeze themselves in my conscious waking state. They’re not worth writing down but I did realise that it was time to update BTW if only so that the most…
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Thought for the Day
Here’s a thing, and you might want to finish your breakfast first. I make it my business to visit and evaluate ladies’ loos the world over. Current most interesting – the ones in the St. Petersburg food market. Tip topper most, our own, with calming colour scheme, decent selection of reading material, digital radio*, Ecover…
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Finchley Park
They’re back ! Not a sign of them last year and previous excitement proved fruitless as the depletion of the Nyger seeds turned out to be directly attributable to the chaffinches. But – photographic evidence was obtained yesterday. It’s from a dreadful angle since speed was of the essence. Oh and if you have already…
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Scottish Serenade
Pretty short on updates, spent my birthday weekend at Blair Atholl with After 8 Mince, the groupies, Yard of Ale, On the Wagon, Dalgety Bay Folk Club and some very hard working hotel staff. Then a whizz up to the Highland Wildlife Park to see the red pandas, the wolverine, the capercaillie (finally) and the…
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A Walk in the Park
Pollok park in Glasgow to be precise, where Paul and I went to join a five mile sponsored walk in aid of Parkinson’s UK last Sunday. If you have missed my mumbled appeals for sponsorship you can still support us by clicking on this link. We’d never been here before so we went across to…
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Saturday serendipity
For the first time in a week it is actually possible to see the horizon. A dreich haar has enveloped the Kingdom of late, and frankly it has been depressing. Turns out to be jolly difficult to photograph in low light, through a window, without a tripod. Who knew?…
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If there was a word to describe the swiftness of the past few weeks it would be right here
We have been out and about, to Rambottom no less, in Lancashire, to celebrate the Silver Wedding of our friends Catherine and Philip Burgess. As ever, it was grand to see old chums and we are filled with the urge to do more of the same. Hotel had a pool, which was a bonus, and…
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Mad March
Yesterday was a fine day, felt like the first sunny day in ages and it was a welcome contrast to last weekend. Having signed up for a fridge delivery “any time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.” we were somewhat surprised, yet delighted, to receive a phone call at 7 a.m. super spottum, announcing, “Wir…
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Weather to Fly*
I haven’t put up any pictures, even of birds, for at least a week. So here goes then. A shot from the American football match we attended recently, some crafty handiwork at Vane Farm RSPB Loch Leven and the old man of Benarty viewed through bat-vision. From the coastal path yesterday, a lean mean carrion…