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Happy New Year
Well, there’s another year away. Arguably the weirdest year I’ve yet experienced in my 53 years on this planet although not a particularly bad one in a personal sense. Politically, satire has become redundant as both the UK and US regimes expose both their incompetence, corruption and blatant hypocrisy despite having almost complete control of…
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Transitions 2.0
It’s been some time since I posted anything of my own up here. The truth is that I’ve been too busy with work on a full time basis. Don’t get me wrong, I certainly enjoy the work but the shifts can be long and tiring on the roster I currently work. The high levels of…
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Queensferry Crossing: Scottish not British
Originally posted on Butterfly Rebellion: by Jeggit Tweet Have you seen it yet? Our new Queensferry Crossing is an engineering masterpiece, or – as we say here in Scotland, it’s braw. This bridge is the largest of its kind in the world, and it is unique in that it is constructed on a location where…
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Blood’s A Rover
Originally posted on Wee Ginger Dug: The Wee Ginger Fundraiser has exceeded its target by an amazing amount, so it’s only right that I give some space to some other projects which are worthy of consideration and support. We all know that the Scottish film industry is struggling, movies made in Scotland, about Scotland, and…
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All Stop!
Today sees me starting (after a slightly alarming bureaucratic glitch-quickly resolved!) two weeks’ holiday. Nothing booked in terms of going away due to only being back in full time work since April so I’m going to just play it by ear. Today though, after three very intensive months learning my new craft and readjusting to…
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Good things come to he who waits…
As previously mentioned I attended the Perth Model Railway Show today; arguably the best show in Scotland today and always worth the trip. I had a particular reason for looking forward to this year’s show as a long-anticipated book had its premiere at the show. ‘The Port Road – Dumfries to Stranraer, Portpatrick, Kirkcudbright and…
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Vintage Pair
Finally! Some modelling interest! It’s long been a plan of mine to fill one of my display cases with examples of Scotland’s once extensive railway equipment output. Above are two recently arrived models, both of great significance. The blue locomotive is an example of the Caley’s ‘903’ or Cardean Class, generally regarded as…
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My New Career
Well, a year ago I could never have guessed what I’d be doing today. Last year I was still bumping along the bottom from a very tough period where my semi-retirement post police didn’t quite go to plan. Another unexpected and very large expense, coupled with the need to repair the exterior coating of…
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Radio Silence
Well, I’m very aware that this blog has been awfully quiet of late. Conversely, life has been anything but quiet as you’ll learn. It’s probably going to be better to get you up to speed over a few posts so this one is basically a notification of further to come. One thing there is…
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