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Posted: May 20, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »If you are visiting Edinburgh and the dock area you’ll most likely know about the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was featured on the TV series The Crown, which was last year voted as Best UK attraction. But the historic dockyard area has other ships to take a gander including the SS Explorer which has been previously been hidden from public view. This is a historic ship that is a wondrous kind of time...
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Posted: May 17, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Now if you’ve read my blog before you will know that I and the missus are ardent fans of that Great Scot, Sir Andy Murray and his glorious achievements at a time when the greatest players of tennis, ever, where all playing at the same time. He is a former World Number 1, holder of three Grand Slam titles and two Olympic Gold Medals and forty-six career titles. Now he’s back on the trail of more titles...Read more » -
Posted: May 16, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
I got several messages this last week or so saying: ‘Did you see the Northern Lights?’ And I had to answer no to every single one of them. We had gone on a holiday to Norway in 2023 to see the Aurora Borealis as it should be known and we had seen the lights, but not in all their glory. It was rather as a pale, ghostly light which only became coloured in a photograph taken with a long exposure of say...Read more » -
Posted: April 29, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »It’s a whole decade since the wonderful Kelpies sculptures were unveiled in Helix Park between Falkirk and Grangemouth. Happy anniversary Kelpies! They stand at 100ft tall and weigh in at a Champion the Wonder Horse 100 metric tonnes each. They are modelled on the lovely Clydesdale horses Baron and Duke owned by Glasgow City Council. The much loved Baron died in 2017 at the age of 19 who gave much...
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Posted: April 28, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Thinking about the Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio brings to mind him holding the arms of Kate Windswept in Titanic and non disclosure agreements, NDAs, for his girlfriend who all seem to be of a pretty young age for the soon to be 50 actor. But when it comes to nature the Hollywood star of Killers of the Flower Moon is very much in favour of the wild side as we saw in The Wolf of Wall Street. ...
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Posted: April 18, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »When I read the headline “Scotland Bans Wood Burning Stoves,” my heart sank as we coast dwellers with not so many neighbours are very much in love with our German made log burner. We aren’t off grid, but it’s only by the skin of our teeth. Now rural communities, islanders and those who are actually off grid are worried that the new ban on wood burners in new and renovated houses will adversely affect...
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Posted: April 11, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »The 1 Per Cent Club and James Pirie? Really?
The missus and me like a game show now and then, but it takes a strong concept to get us really interested. Pointless was fun for a while and we’ve always liked being completely baffled by Victoria Corin-Mitchell’s Only Connect , although I’m always rather more puzzled by her strange monologue at the beginning of the show. However, talented...
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Posted: April 09, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Spring Has Sprung the Sap Has Ris
I wonder where the birdies is?
That’s the late great Ogden Nash who didn’t have to live through Storm Kathleen which yesterday whipped away a lot of our beach and as I sit here typing it is lashing the house with high winds and waves in April. It’s the price we have to pay for living in these latitudes I suppose, but there is good news out there. Do you remember...
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Posted: April 02, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »It’s an atmospheric start to the day. A lone piper stood on the rocks on the beach and played laments and stirring marching tunes, the skirls of his bagpipes mixing with the sound of crashing waves and seagulls. Magic! And some magic has also been sprinkled on the city of Perth with the return of the historic Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone, back to its home after so many years...
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Posted: March 25, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »One of Sir Andy Murray’s favourite sporting places is definitely not one of mine. It’s Florida and I have to admit I never enjoyed going there. Admittedly I’ve only ever been to the Everglades State to work. I filmed shows about the now old rockers, Creed and Limp Bizkit,if you want to know. But Sir Braveheart himself loves it there and he almost made the fourth round at the Miami Open. The...
