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Jurassic Kingdom Glasgow – things we learned from a visit

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There’s no limit to dinosaur-related humour A roar-some day out. What do you call a blind stegosaurus? Do-you-think-he-saw-us. Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl in the bathroom? Because the p is silent. And so on… Skye is the best place to find Scottish dinosaurs Or maybe even the only place. Apparently, the hills are hoaching […]

Summer’s soggy tail end and other things – this week’s report

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A bit transitional here. Two back at school, one packing for his next chapter and I’m hanging on to the sockless freedom of the season’s relative warmth with determination. I’m sure there’s a metaphor in here somewhere on reaping and sewing. I was given a plum tree for my 50 this year. And here it […]

Believe in summer in the garden

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  March in the north and it’s still difficult to imagine that balmy summer evenings, let alone short sleeves and bare feet, are even possible. Believe, my friends, believe. Before you know it. Ok, in between six and 10 weeks, I’m fairly sure that it’ll get a bit warmer and we’ll be gazing at the […]

Things I’ve learned from my first festival camping trip

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I’ve never seen Star Wars either – not properly all the way through. But years after most people have gone through the rite of passage of a pilgrimage to Glastonbury or wallowed in the mud of T in the Park, I made it to my first festival – Kendal Calling 2016. Here’s what I learned: […]