Nearly a Statistic

Tuesday The rain passed over early and by 8 O’clock it was looking fine, clearing skies, the strengthening wind sending the clouds scurrying on their way into the North Sea. The low morning sun glistening off the wet roads was troublesome so my sunglasses were pressed into service. The wind was beginning to strengthen and

“The Law is an Ass”

Saturday Rain first thing this morning but cleared by 9 am so was able to put a few miles in – out to Guardbridge and back by Strathkinness. As the day brightened I had thought about taking the pod out onto the grass, but aired on the side of caution, still too cold for epoxy

“Nature’s Supermarket”

Tuesday I received my delivery of plywood before I was due to go to Probus so off I went to hear Dr Gordon shepherd, his talk was called “Heckling” and of course was not so much about shouting at a speaker than about where the word originated from – the jute industry in Dundee. The

Hope for the People of Yemen

Another beautiful day here in St Andrews, the sky is Robin egg blue with wisps of cloud (the witches have been sweeping the skies) it is still cold, but the hours of sunshine make you feel better about life, the dark winter days are over. I am still walking much more than cycling these days,

I’m Scunnered

Yemen In September 2014 – Houthi forces captured the capital city Sanaa which followed a rapid Houthi takeover of the government. On 21 March 2015 – general mobilization to overthrow the then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi By the 25th of March Lahii fell to the Houthies they had now reached the outskirts of Aden, the seat

Sunday

It isn’t half cold out, but no real wind chill factor coming into play, the air is still as a whisper. Yesterday was a good day, washed and polished Charles and I went off to the National Theatre Live, the performance of Othello. Seen in much the way we see Met Opera beamed around the

Why Scotland needs to get well shot of England.

If you take our territorial waters into consideration then Scotland is the larges country in Europe, yet thanks to being part of the Westminster system of government has become one of the poorest. With all the resources at our disposal of oil, gas on tap, and the abundance of rivers to harness hydro power all

Three cheers for Greta Thunberg

Today the wind is high and still icy cold, and since the early birds that are now perched on the dormer roof of the terraces across the road from me are all pointing north into the wind, (gules come back to their place of birth to build their nests), so in a way weather vanes,

The tread continues…….

We may seem to have totally different perspectives but really politically we are very similar, even although you call yourself a Unionist – or at least would have been so only a few years ago. I was a dyed in the wool Labour man – a union man – a shop steward – I spoke

Spring and all change

Yesterday was a very busy day, up in the middle of the night to pick Charles up at the airport, the roads were much quieter than when I dropped him off so I was there early, just after 5am and he was not due in until around 6am. (I did not go into the drop