Monthly Archives: June 2006

Oh well that’s the last weekend before going back to work for a fortnight nearly over. Off to Dunoon for a couple of days to see the kids before being chucked back into the Atlantic on Thurday. Unfortunately the computer … Continue reading →

Yesterday I found myself at the geographical centre of the county, or so various signposts around the town of  Haltwhistle in Northumberland tell me. Convinced – not! Unconvinced to the degree that on returning to the bluest painted High Street … Continue reading →

It’s Jazz weekend here in Kirkcudbright, which sounds like a good excuse to go out and drink beer, so it was round to the Gordon house last night for a couple of pint accompanied by the the Sulwath Syncopators – … Continue reading →

For some reason the mouse seems to have made an appearance in several places of late, so now would seem a good time for me to relate some of my own mouse tales. Most of them are a bit gruesome … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago when I was at work (it seems like quite a long time ago now)  somebody was telling me about releasing books into the wild. Basically it’s leaving old books lying about where somebody else can … Continue reading →

Broughton House, where E A Hornel (famous painting type) lived, was having a free day today and since this was slap bang in the middle of my price range, I went along. It would normally cost about 8 of your … Continue reading →

This poor beasty appears to have had a few too many last night.

It’s a couple of years now since I passed this delightful object on my travels. Strangely I  resisted the urge to purchace it and it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s still there. Enjoy.

This is just a quick late night note (or early evening to you Edie)  to say hello to anyone that pops in. It also gives me a chance to play with the coloured text and emoticons  woo!! I’ve stuck some … Continue reading →