“Ah feed them tae ma bearded dragon!” My hand stopped inches above the open box of Tesco courgettes as my brain tried desperately to digest the meaning of this sudden and unexpected supermarket conversation-opener. It appeared to come from somewhere to my right…and down. I turned and found jammed against me a short, round, bespectacled [...]
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Archive | January, 2012
“New” Blogs We Like – French Leave
January 20, 2012
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For a while now I’ve been trawling the internet looking for blogs that appeal to my sense of humour or that I just find…interesting. I’ve discovered these are scarcer than the proverbial hen’s teeth! There are blogs out there with hundreds, yes hundreds, of followers but the writing therein would bore the backside off an [...]
Read more The Formation of Black Holes and The Triumph of The Muffin Man
January 20, 2012
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Some weeks are just like that…that downward spiral of events that should, in theory, have you deciding enough is enough say, by Tuesday. This week should have been one of them but for some peculiar reason the bleak, end it all, mood failed to materialise. Monday, as you are all very well aware by now, [...]
Read more The Great Innerdouny Agate Hunt
January 19, 2012
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A few days prior our uncomfortable morning on King’s Seat above Dollar, The Fatdog and I had had a trifle more success on a much lesser bump on the landscape – Innerdouny Hill. This relatively insignificant wee hill lies to the east of the Yetts o’ Muckhart to Dunning road. . Last week the unusually [...]
Read more Photo Gallery – Care and Sorrow
January 17, 2012
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There were a few photos that didn’t make it into the previous post…so here’s a wee gallery. Just to smooth it along I’ve uploaded a relaxing piece of music to go along with it. Click on the play button – then on the first photo to start a manual click-along slide show. “Leaving Stour” Duncan [...]
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