Mar 24
Not long now until the next mad dash across Europe in a banger. At the end of May, I will be doing another charity car run (along with the others members of the team). It has suddenly got very close. We were very aware on the last run that people donated money in the hope that we would breakdown. Realising that asking our friends and family to donate again so soon...
Read MoreMar 16
It is entirely self-evident that the 14th August 1987 is getting on for nearly 22 years ago. And, it is certainly no great surprise to get pulled up short by the recurring realisation that things that feel like yesterday are actually a quarter of a century ago. Yesterday, I spent a pleasant hour or so pottering round the second-hand bookshops of Stockbridge, largely...
Read MoreMar 10
It is not very often that my drive to work inspires a blog post. And it was the general loveliness of a Colin Baxter style morning either. It was an odd moment at the lights at Barnton. On days when I am without the entertaining chat of @stuartamdouglas, I often avoid the motorway and wander to Livingston via Cramond/Kirkliston. This takes me through the land of...
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