As we come up to the spooky time of year I did some investigation into what was an iconic item in my childhood – “Spooks Biscuits”. You would have to be a certain age to remember these as they were around in the mid 1970s, but they were brightly coloured biscuits with five different colours […]
Our hedgehog house which I got for my birthday seems to have acquired a resident as we put a new camera out behind the old wall where it is located, and overnight it was investigated by a new resident – a large hedgehog. I am hoping it has gone in and will be hibernating for […]
It being a nice evening yesterday, we took the boys out for a walk through the woods. I keep saying they are getting old and slow but they still seem to be managing to get up trees. They also have a fascination with the river which is a bit worrying. I would jump in after […]
Well the A83 is still closed. I’ve complained to Bear and I’ve complained to our MSP. Neither of them have been a bit helpful and we also have no indication of when if ever the road is ever going to open again. If this had all been properly managed years ago we could either have […]
Our main road into Glasgow has now been closed for over 36 hours. Just to give some background to this – the A83 at the Rest and be Thankful has been operating on one lane only with commensurate disruption to traffic for nearly a year now while they do some kind of nebulous work involving […]
I’ve been watching the “Great British Menu” over the last few weeks. I have to admit that much as I like these cookery competition programs – I have to say that these constant mentions of “our NHS heroes” is really, really getting on my nerves. I’ve absolutely nothing against the NHS which I think is […]
The last two mornings I have been woken very early by a loud screeching sound. At first I thought it was badger related activity and in fact once went out for a look with a torch. But on investigation there was no sign of an animal. A little later, R and I were walking just […]
When I was a child we had a special bear called “Big Ted”. He had a wife called “Koala” who for reasons I don’t recall came from Australia (strangely enough). He also had a number of friends including “Mrs Ted”, “Mrs Bun” and their children “Little Ted” and “Little Bun”. Poor old Big Ted was […]
Earlier this year R and I ran a conference in Glasgow. One of our prizes which we handed out was a huge stuffed Heilan’ Coo which we christened “Hamish”. A little girl who had been attending with her father was very keen on winning it and we were delighted when in fact she did (quite […]
Don’t think I’ve ever seen such a rich collection of fungi as have appeared this year.
