Page 2 - Monthly Archives: September 2016
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Posted: September 07, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Two Men and a Kayak -
Paddling Their Own Canoe
Two men have just followed an old Eskimo or should I say Inuit kayak route to Scotland all the way from Greenland, a journey of some two thousand kilometres or twelve hundred of our Scottish miles. But in case you haven’t heard we don’t call this people Eskimos anymore, not the word unless you are in Australia and want somewhere to cool your tinnies...
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Posted: September 05, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Annual Braemar Gathering Gets Royal Presence –
This Year in Aid of Storm Frank Victims
Royal Deeside saw The Queen once more in attendance at the 201st annual Braemar Gathering the largest of the Highland Games. She has been coming since she was 7 years old in 1933 and she always has the September event in her diary, along with lots of other members of the Royal family.
Storm Frank Floods
The whole...
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Posted: September 05, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Border Fine Arts, More Than the Sum of Its Parts-
Over Forty Years of Affordable Arts
I wanted to write a poem in the style of my beloved William Topaz McGonagall to mark the passing of that fount of craft and art that is and will soon be no more Border Fine Arts, but I thought some things are too sad to commemorate in doggerel verse, but will instead tell you a few facts about this remarkable set...
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Posted: September 01, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Access All Areas -
The Curse of the Priority Line
I hate these special lines and passes that allow you to ride roughshod over the rest of humanity. The gold card, the black card, the access all areas pass that doesn’t let you into the VIP area, never mind the VVIP area. Now this mentality is coming to Edinburgh Airport.
Don’t Want to Wait with the Hoi Polloi
Don’t fancy queuing with the hoi polloi...
