Fancy name for the pink and blue sky that you sometimes see on the opposite horizon from the sunset. The blue colour is the Earth’s shadow, and it creeps up…
Why the Australian Open and not the Scottish Grand Slam is held in January. Bandy Andy: “Right, come on, I’ve just put ma money in the meter for the lights,…
…looks like this. Sunrise was promising a surprise or two – there had been a wee dusting of snow, the sky was mostly clear, but with a bit of cloud…
Sitting at the kitchen table, having been woken by a cough. Those of a delicate disposition should miss the next paragraph and skip to the very last one. I had…
…this evening, although it’s really just this afternoon, it’s so early. As the sun sinks over the yardarm …is 3.39 too early to be cracking open a bottle? I’ll get…
She takes him there every time, right to the brink… that place, that moment, that rushing sound… that feeling of almost tipping…of being lighter than air… just molecules…on the verge…
The Golf Tavern and Barclay Church. Both are looking forward to a busy Christmas, but only one of them will need to chuck its punters out at closing time.
…grumbles its way into Tuesday. This viewpoint is up near the Primary School, and the low village dwelling kids must navigate their way up this steep brae, reluctantly filling their…
I love crows, they’re really smart birds, are very social, and always drop by for a wee visit when IĀ arrive on a hill, just to have a wee deek, to…
Bill and Bob rule the tourist venues in Stirling – King Bob rules Bannockburn, and from anywhere in Stirling it’s impossible to ignore Bill’s phallic protuberance on a crag to…