September – summer in Scotland is cooling off

The children have gone back to school after the summer holidays and today the rain has been falling fast and furiously.  However the temperatures are still fairly mild during the day though the nights are getting chilly.  But you don’t come to Scotland for the weather as they say! Last night we ate out at [...]

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Volcanic Ash

Well it looks like the scare for thousands of people thinking that they will be stranded, away from home, has come to an end.  Or at least the prospect of getting home is clearer. I have every sympathy for Lord Adonis, our Transport Minister, whose job it was to tell us that no planes could [...]

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Winter Olympics 2010

Well isn’t the TV riveting just now with all the great activity in Canada.  Winter sports seem to be so dangerous in comparison to the summer ones.  I wonder if that is just because pain is much more painful in the cold! Ah …. just more musings.  Anyway the perilous nature of skiers flying through the [...]

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Rain Rain Rain

I was due to go out to Hawick and Selkirk today to do some research for visitors coming next month but the weather is just too awful to contemplate going out round churchyards.   I will go tomorrow and equip myself with wellington boots for the rain soaked groud. – Will post a photo afterwards!

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