Travel
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In which R is the best (again)…
Of course R has always been the best, but it merits giving an example of why. I was paying a surprise visit to see my Mum in Helensburgh today. I had been hoping…
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MacDuff’s Stone
Went up to Macduff’s stone with some friends today – this is “the” Macduff from the Macbeth story and it was here that he was granted sanctuary by King Malcolm. It was quite…
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When it’s Scone, it’s Scone…
I couldn’t resist the title. J and I went to Scone Palace today and I discovered that it is definitely pronounced to rhyme with “doom” and not “loan”. But this is in general…
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In which M meets the wrong train
It has become somewhat of a tradition that we meet each other off trains. It is only 10 minutes walk to the station and it is a nice breath of fresh air and…
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To the sea
I’ve been wanting to get out to the coast since we moved in (specifically Pittenweem) but with everything I have had on, I never seem to have had time. But yesterday I submitted…
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Invasive Plants
I love our Fife garden. There are many reasons for this, the first being that it is just a gorgeous garden – although we are five minutes walk from the shops it is…
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Somewhat abortive visit to St Andrews
I finally managed to get J to come to St Andrews. The idea was that we would go to the dentist, the tip, J would change the address on his bank account (this…
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Home the long way
We came back today via the A7 and A72. What a drive it was… In two ways. Firstly, the weather was brilliant (glad I have a decent pair of sunglasses though) and the…
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Heading for the coast
Today the plan was to head for Whitehaven and St Bees along the back road and visit Caldbeck on the way. I always loved going there with my parents as a child –…
