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May 29, 2004My best and worst restaurant mealThree weeks until the start of summer. Time to make plans for our wedding anniversary. It is a big one this year, our fifteenth. Time stands still for no-one......Read this update May 26, 2004Le Weekend in StirlingFor being Scotland's smallest and newest city, Stirling certainly rocks. Whatever else I may have to say about the place, musically it knows how to kick ass. Bob Dylan, REM, Van Morrisson et al. all have played at the castle...Read this update May 25, 2004Springtime treatsAahh asparagus... At this time of year, from May to early June, I grow all nostalgic about my country of origin....Read this update May 23, 2004A Day at the Village FairIt was a glorious day on the village green. Children ran past with rolling hoops, played with skipping ropes or cup- and- ball or spun diabolos. Well-dressed ladies milled around stalls which offered flowers, books, sweets, hats and toys and...Read this update May 19, 2004A rantStirling is a nest of thieves and vandals. Tourists don't notice it much because the city centre is peppered with CCTV cameras but where we are, literally around the corner, theft and vandalism rule supreme....Read this update May 17, 2004Travelling for a hair-cut - no place like home!Shock, horror - or at least open-mouthed disbelief. The barber down the road, where I have gone for the last two years after finally weaning myself off my regular in London, won't cut my hair anymore....Read this update May 15, 2004Victorian Fair and Beerfest in AlloaNext Weekend, the village of Alloa, at the foot of the Ochills, celebrates its 150th anniversary of becoming a burgh. As if that wasn't enough, it is also the date for the CAMRA Alloa Spring Ale Festival...Read this update May 13, 2004Plans for the summerIt's official! I will spend this entire summer in a lighthouse at Ardnamurchan point on the western-most spot on the British mainland - whale-watching!...Read this update May 12, 2004(why not try...) tripeThe stomach lining of ruminants, in most cases the rumen and reticulum (first and second stomach) of bovine animals, is a favoured ingredient in many of the world's regional cuisines....Read this update May 11, 2004Driving through a thunderstormYesterday was a beautiful day: blue sky with fluffy white clouds, silky spring air and flowers blossoming in the baskets which were hanging from doorways in the neighbourhood....Read this update May 08, 2004Publish and be Damned?Is self-publishing really such a bad idea? Consider the treatment new authors receive from both publishers and agents. Are you really prepared to wait for years before you place your manuscript?...Read this update May 07, 2004Text embeddingIf anybody is following this blog, you may have noticed bits of text missing from the "extended entry" field. I'm still finding my feet with this which is not so easy with my husband's LINUX setup and an old version...Read this update The race... (part 2 of 3)Still catching up with my notes about the Celtic Challenge, last part tomorrow....Read this update May 06, 2004The race that wasn't (part 1 of 3)The Celtic Challenge longboat race is rowed across the Irish Sea from Arklow Ct Wicklow to Aberystwyth in Wales. Like most crazy ventures, it started with a bet over a pint of Guiness and has since been held biennialy as...Read this update May 05, 2004HebridesThe Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust is a charity monitoring whales and dolphins around the Hebrides in Scotland, educating the public about marine life and conversation in general and cetaceans in particular. Much of the monitoring work is carried out...Read this update Hi!So this is blogging... Easy, really. I have just returned from Ireland where I went to cover the biennial "Celtic Challenge" longboat race from Arkow to Aberystwyth. At nearly 100 miles, this is the longest open boat rowing race in...Read this update BioI am currently based in Stirling, Scotland and travel whenever I can on a mission to watch cetaceans (whales and dolphins) in as many places as possible. A former zoologist, I hope to earn my keep by writing about it....Read this update |
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