Monthly Archives: February 2008

3 days in Aberdeen

We checked into the heliport on a sunny and fairly calm morning last Thursday – mind you it can be as calm as you like onshore, but if it’s blowing a hooley out in the old Faeroes / Fairisle area … Continue reading

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Journey to the Clochmaben

Once again, with a few matching hours of time off, Bev and me, armed only with tea and coffee stuff and box of Tunnock’s teacakes, drove off to look at some of the finest free stuff that Dumfriesshire has to … Continue reading

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Tea, Samuel Johnson and words beginning with X

I was this morning having a browse in Mr Johnsons dictionary when I discovered that he was a great drinker of tea. Boswell wrote, "No person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of that fragrant leaf than Johnson. The quantities which … Continue reading

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A walk along th A75

I was up bright and breezy this morning. Perhaps this is due to the fact that I didn’t drink the entire carton of red wine I bought yesterday, which also has the by product that I have something to tipple … Continue reading

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