Not long now. In a fortnight we’ll know whether we’re in or out, yes or no, back to normal (ish) or beginning the end (or beginning depending on how you view it).The Scottish Independence Referendum is just around the corner. You might have noticed.In a field not far from us over the past week, much […]
Things I’ve learned from Silent Witness: Trauma Tales at Stirling Castle
“Let’s do some date nights,” the Panther of News and I have agreed. Something to add a little extra – if not romance – that certainly a bit of time away from the boring old work-home-telly-repeat routine. So when I got an email telling me of a Historic Scotland event called Silent Witness: Trauma Tales […]
Things I’ve learned from having a shiny new car
Things I learned from foraging with Galloway Wild Food
Foraging. What’s that? Hunting around for what’s there, ready to be picked up and had, for free? That was the limit of my knowledge of the craft except for some fuzzy-edged images of skipping through fields of mushrooms or gathering brambles for a crumble. Oh and I know what sorrel looks like. But I’m always […]
Things I learned from Scout Camp
Be prepared… to be brilliant.Perhaps not exactly what Baden Powell had in mind in 1937, but Scouting is still going strong and this weekend it had me in its grip. I was a parent helper at a camp at Lochgoilhead.I don’t know about the kids, but I found it instructive. Here’s what I learned: Argyll […]