What do you do when you want to climb mountains all the time, but you need to go to work an inconvenient amount of the time? Easy. You consider yourself lucky that you work shifts in Scotland that mean you can get up before the sparrow farts, climb a mountain and be at your desk […]
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 […]
SWIB Independence Referendum Debate: Things I Learned
Pic ‘borrowed’ from Morag Malloy. Last night saw the SWIB (Scottish Women in Business) debate with a panel of Annabel Goldie, Nicola Sturgeon, Johann Lamont and Ruth Wishart chaired by Sally Magnusson. The audience was entirely female. Before the debate a poll showed: Yes: 19%No: 55%Undecided: 26%After the debate the poll results were: Yes: 31%No: 52%Undecided: 17%Here’s what […]
Team Honk Relay Scotland – a onesie in a lifetime chance
Can’t be bothered to read this? Donate now. We all have our rules. The things we’ll never, ever, ever do, no matter what. You know? Like never dancing, always wearing makeup, insisting on thank you letters, fish on Fridays, ironed pants. I’m not so troubled about makeup, flat pants or dancing… but I do have […]