I was awake at 5.30am today after a restless night thanks to my brain throwing up far too many ideas for short stories, character sketches and writing assignments. I remained in bed for a while, enjoying a moment of leisure, before leaping out of bed just before 6am, racing off to the shower for a [...]
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Here be pirates!
19 September, 2011
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So there I was, comfortably ensconced in a crofthouse, about to eat my breakfast porridge, when suddenly my ears were blasted with “Ahoy there, ye lubberly reef monkey. It be International Speak Like a Pirate Day, so out with your sailmaker‘s needle and knock up some shore-goin’ threads for the crew!” Erm, say what? The [...]
Read more ‘Team mascot, me? Well, okay…’
17 September, 2011
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With a full day’s rugby in store today, we decided we couldn’t leave our Border Terrier, Harvey, tied up for the duration and took him to the Huntly Highlanders Rugby Carnival, too. He quickly appointed himself team mascot for the P4/5s for which the Wee ‘Un plays. And for the P6/7s for which the Big [...]
Read more A day away from the croft
13 July, 2011
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We had a rare family day away from the croft today, taking the boys on a surprise visit to the Landmark Forest Adventure Park at Carrbridge. The park, set within a remnant of the ancient Caledonian forest, combines forestry heritage with adventure activities. The boys loved it. The Big Lad was especially taken with Max, [...]
Read moreEven the country has scum
3 July, 2011
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Quite a few people persist with the naive notion that the countryside is a crime-free place with few or none of the bottom-feeders that inhabit the less salubrious parts of towns and cities. The reality is that there’s often just as much crime in rural areas as there is in cities. Sometimes it just takes [...]
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