Sunday Morning – Early

Today the skies were overcast when I set out on a wee run up the coast to Arbroath. One place I still had to visit on the way north was Barry Mill. This is a fully working water-driven mill and in remarkably great shape. The morning had been overcast and a sea mist hung around

Loch Leven and a Kawasaki GPZ 500s

When I dropped a motorcycle on my leg, breaking it in three places, my ankle and two leg bones, my sister, who lived next door to me at that time, persuaded me to hang up my motorcycle boots. I did and bought a small car, which served us well so we could go together to

There’s a hole in the road and the councils looking into it.

Travelling over to Aldi first thing this morning I came across road works. The gas workers had cut a trench half a meter wide and a meter deep from one side of the road to the other in order to lay a new mains gas pipe. As I passed four men were leaning on the

Off to Inverness

Back in my own home once more and boy does it feel great to be back where everything makes sense. As you know my flat was having a new bathroom fitted so I took off for Inverness during the renovations and I had a marvellous time. I stayed at the Youth Hostel in Inverness and

“Shut up or get out.”

Today I am busy moving quarters and making preparations for my mini trip to Inverness, I’m sure I will find something there to write home to mummy about. I said in an earlier blog I wrote that it is said that Nicola Sturgeon fired the pistol, for the start of the independence campaign – for

Welcome to Brexit Britain

The British media, including the BBC and Sky News, are trying to paint this as: “It’s those bad French Frogs again, did not turn up for work” DOVER TRAFFIC – LIVE: TRUSS URGES FRANCE TO ACT OVER ‘ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE’ PORT GRIDLOCK The boss of Dover Harbour was on Sky News, telling us that they knew

Plan ‘B’

Only one week into what could be two months of workmen in the building and already we are driven mad with the noise, I know it can’t be helped and I’m sure the builders are doing their best to keep the noise to a minimum, but those hammer drills vibrate throughout the building and hammering

Is this the end of the road for Scottish independence?

I believe that over the past 8 years under Nicola Sturgeon’s leadership of the SNP and First Minister of Scotland, the Scottish Independent debate has been confined to the doldrums. Despite, mandate after mandate Despite, Scotland, being dragged out of Europe against the will of the Scottish people Despite, all the powers that should have

How short, these long summer days

The morning laundry over, I wheeled my bike out through the common area where the planning department (female residents) were in noisy conversation – they, almost in unison, questioned my sanity about venturing out on a bicycle today. The little back road down passed the Golf Club Hotel was still closed to traffic, something to

Today is a good day

Light rain as I set off on my short daily ride, I can not hope to explain in words how the action of cycling is for me, for it is as natural and necessary as breathing in and out. It is hard to explain the Zen-like quality that comes through the constant rhythmic turning of