Monthly Archives: October 2018
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Posted: October 31, 2018
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Posted: October 10, 2018Read more »
Flash Floods and Road Closures
The Scottish Autumn in Full Swing
I heard today about flash floods in Majorca and the nastiness that ensued. A huge wave of muddy water engulfed the town of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, in the east of the island, after a river burst its banks following heavy rain. Nature is always taking us by surprise. On Majorca vehicles were swept away as water gushed through narrow...
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Posted: October 05, 2018Read more »
Not Going Out Not Staying In
Is Your Head in a Spin?
We're not going out not staying in, just running around with my head in a spin
But there is no need to scream and shout because we're not going out
There is a long running TV sitcom with Lee Mack on the BBC called Not Going Out and if you’ve looked at the price of fuel for the car recently you’ll be joining him staying in. As over the past...
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Posted: October 05, 2018Read more »
Knees Bend, Arms Stretch-
Exercising and Sir Andy
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a huge fan of Sir Andy Murray the tartan warrior of the tennis court. I even travelled to the south east to see him in action at Eastbourne this year and have booked again in case he is there next year. What I didn’t know is that Andy is an ambassador for the NHS.Is the no end to reasons to admire...
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Posted: October 05, 2018Read more »
Strange Co-Incidence of the Radio
Scots Arctic Heritage
It’s strange when little events happen together and the things that connect us all are revealed. Michael Palin came on Radio 4 today with a new book on Arctic exploration the ship HMS Erebus and the 19th century Arctic explorer John Rae, a man who shares his surname with my wife’s favourite painter Barbara Rae. At the same time as I heard...
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Posted: October 02, 2018Read more »
No More Tears for Clan Buchanan –
Centuries Long Search Over
I don’t know about you but we have been gripped and I mean gripped by the Sony TV series Outlander based on the Diana Gabaldon's historical time travel series set around the Rising of 1745. We are waiting on tenterhooks for the next series as production company Starz has confirmed there are two more in the pipeline. I do hope the actors...
