Asleep. Light flashes on my eyelids. Start. Awake. Idling engine. Diesel. Remember I left windows open. Remember farm thefts. Our area. Past week. Late at night. I leap out of bed, vault into the jeans I’d carefully set out at the end of the bed, race through to the hall and jump into my […]
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Not as bad as it looked
29 September, 2010 
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When I walked out the back door early this evening, on my way to feed the pigs, I found myself in a thick cloud of smoke. For a few seconds, I thought one of our neighbours was burning leaves in his incinerator but realised the wind was coming from the wrong direction and the smoke […]
Read more Jan was lucky
19 January, 2009 10 Comments
We’ve just had a telephone call from Elinor, from the farm over the way, with an update on Jan, the lady who was thrown from her horse yesterday and landed on her back across one of our gates. Elinor said Jan had been discharged from hospital with nothing more than severe bruising. We all breathed […]
Read moreStonehead emergency
18 January, 2009 3 Comments
Just in from accident. Woman thrown from horse, hit gate, spinal injuries. Assessed and immobilised her, kept reassuring her while waiting for ambulance. Assisted ambulance crew. Air ambulance helo out as well. Just seen her off to hospital. She’s breathing okay, severe pain but has feeling in toes and legs, plus fingers and arms. No […]
Read moreApplying to be a ‘Special’
7 March, 2004 0 Comments
I’ve just requested the application form to become a Special Constable with Grampian Police, having decided that if we’re going to make our long-term home in Aberdeenshire then it would be a good way of making a contribution to the local community. Special Constables are volunteers who work alongside and under the supervision of regular […]
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