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Some pictures
Taken on board the CalMac ferry between Armadale on Skye, and Mallaig, summer 1987.
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Eclipsed
There is nothing, and yet so much, to say about my absence from here this summer. I shall leave it to Robert Burns. But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For…
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Next stop
As most of my life is lived on board a train just now, some shots below from a wee half day out to Kirkcaldy, to view this most excellent work:- The Great Tapestry of Scotland There are some thoughts of my band After 8 Mince as well, we sing a lot of songs about trains,…
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Tumbleweed
Still very quiet on here, apologies. To fill the audiosphere there are some noises below. Piano Shakey Doctor Yardies Game of Thrones, likesay.
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Lotus
Some random thoughts after the first decent night’s sleep in many weeks, mainly brought about by a coming together or synchronicity* of events – I looked up concrescence** or concomitant but it’s more a timey-wimey thing. Thusly: we put the winter duvet back on and stopped pretending that it was enough to have the summer…
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Retro
Thanks to Rosemary who turned up this report by Dr Paul Abel of the total solar eclipse day on board Boudicca. It sums up the event really well, from the gloom of the early morning to the fantastically moving spectacle of it all, with all the crew up top as well, on Captain’s orders not…
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Windy Miller
A rare day out to RSPB Loch Leven or Vane Farm as it’s known in our house. Don’t ask me how I prised these shots from my camera, unless you want a three hour rant about SD cards and readers. Very windy there yesterday, birds mostly in hiding, unlike the rooks and magpies who are…
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Long Gone
Poor old BTW suffers hugely from neglect some times, but like a small puppy is always stupidly glad to see me. So, there are issues requiring attention everywhere we look just now, and I got up at 05:45 today so that I could weed the back garden. Needless to say it is now 06:53 and…
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Ars longa, vita brevis
A deftly crafted and finely honed homily, on the subject of British wildlife. You’ve got to be nice to badgers, Badgers are nice to us. If you’re not nice to badgers We’ll smack you in the puss.
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Happy birthday Dad
Aye well, if you know us then you’ll know why it’s been so busy out there and so quiet on here. A lovely afternoon yesterday though, father’s day and Dad’s 99th birthday. Clematis are in for Mum – she tried for many years to grow a jackmanii against the rose trellis in Cambusbarron, and dad…