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A Few Days in Durham

After a fantastic weekend in Harrogate with my Guitar Retreat friends I had booked a few days in Durham. I had visited this beautiful wee city many years ago, staying in a Premier Inn next to the river. This time I was a little further out at the… Read more
Weekend in Harrogate

I've made many great friends at Guitar Retreats and I would like to think that Sue and Chris are amongst the best. Earlier this year I went to stay with them in Leatherhead along with Jim, another great Guitar Retreat friend. Sue lives in Cobham and… Read more
Water of Leith - February

It’s perhaps a wee bit early, but I have noticed some signs of Spring on my recent walks around the city. However, I am probably tempting fate. I remember at the end of February and the beginning of March we had very heavy snow falls and freezing Read more
Proud of the Union?

...the Independence lifeboat duck floating safely away and the remnants of the union with its pomp and flag slowly sinking. Read more
Guitar Getaway

Recently I flew home from Portugal after another fantastic Guitar Retreat. This was my tenth Guitar Retreat since my first back in 2013 and the second time I had travelled to Alvor in the Algarve for a bit of winter sunshine and guitar playing. Whilst… Read more
No Resolutions

Well, that’s seven days into the New Year, Christmas Tree and decorations taken down and put away for another year… Read more
LNER

Last year, it seems odd saying this despite it only being a few weeks ago, I travelled… Read more
New Year Walk

I had a fairly quiet Christmas and New Year and didn’t overindulge too much but I didn’t really do that much exercise either. I did wander along the canal path to see my sister on New Year’s Day but that’s a fairly short walk. The forecast for… Read more
Trigger Finger

I keep pretty good health and count my visits to the doctor’s surgery in years rather than months or weeks, but a month ago I made an appointment and trotted off to Springfield House Practice. When I visited Ballycastle in August on an annual sailing… Read more
Christmas Eve 2018

Yesterday I spent a very enjoyable Christmas with friends. We exchanged small gifts, played music together, enjoyed delicious food and drink and some great conversation. It was all very low-key and for some reason it reminded me Read more
Glewstone Court - Guitar Retreat

I’ve already been on a couple of Guitar Retreats this year one in Portugal away back in January and the second in June to the Dordogne. I was keen to go on this weekend as much to visit my good friend and tutor Paul Nicholas as to attend the Retreat… Read more
Winchester - November 2018

November was going to be a busy month for me with spending the first weekend in Cardiff, a trip to Winchester and a Guitar Retreat in Ross-on-Wye at the end of the month. Last year I became the Editor/Coordinator for Moody Owners Association’s… Read more
Cardiff 2018

For many years some of us from Boroughmuir Rugby Club made the biannual trip to Wales to watch the Six Nations Rugby match in Cardiff. We stayed in a number of places over the years including Newport, Cardiff and latterly Cowbridge. Numbers shrunk over… Read more
End of Season Sail 2018 - Part 1

Alan and I took the train on Wednesday morning from Edinburgh and arrived in Largs at lunch time. I had spent the previous fortnight preparing ‘Jess’, for our annual trip. With passage plans made, routes plotted, diesel and water tanks full, dinghy Read more
July Sailing 2018

The weather during July and August this year was absolutely glorious if not always ideal sailing conditions. I had some great weekends with friends in Portavadie, Otterferry, Tarbert and Lochranza and some fine, gentle, downwind sailing. Read more