Posted in January 23rd, 2010
The weather wasn’t quite so good today, but Laurie took me out for a stroll regardless. Thurso’s not a large place in any respect, but it’s pleasant to walk around.
We stopped off at the local museum, which was re-opened in a new location in 2008. It’s now branded Caithness Horizons and it encompasses the Thurso [...]
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Posted in January 22nd, 2010
My original plan for the day was to go to John o’Groats, which is about an hour away by bus. However, I was reliably informed by my kind host that there really isn’t a lot there apart from a pub. As it’s not tourist season, the famed signpost is stripped bare. They usually charge for [...]
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Posted in January 21st, 2010
My first little trip in a while and another UK-based one. Laurie is working as a schoolteacher up in Thurso, about as far north as you can go without your feet getting wet, and invited me up any time I wanted. Partly as it’s a nice place to show people around and partly as it’s [...]
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Posted in December 18th, 2009
The following morning I re-checked my new flights. Amusingly, Tenerife South Airport’s website was still listing Globespan’s two flights as on time. I’d spoken to a couple from Aberdeen who should have been on the other flight to me and they’d coughed up £1000 to get home. Ow.
Another person told me a friend of hers [...]
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Posted in November 15th, 2009
It’s travel-related and I don’t want this blog to stagnate, so just to let you all know I do still get around a bit! Helen very kindly invited me down to London for the weekend and I managed to get a return for under £80 by air. Around the same price as the train with [...]
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Posted in October 19th, 2009
Or part 4 if you include the match at Gateshead Stadium on Saturday.
Not a whole lot to add apart from that I had – as ever – a wonderful relaxing time with the lovely Viv over the weekend. Good grub (KFC and spag bol!), great company, good fun and always a complete chill out. I [...]
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Posted in October 17th, 2009
Not just in my home country, but in my home region there are things I’ve not done and places I’ve not been. Today I took the opportunity to redress that with a quick trip up the road (I’m staying with the lovely Viv on Teeside) to watch Gateshead FC against Chester City.
Way back before I [...]
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Posted in October 15th, 2009
Tapping up this quick entry in the abode of Tony & June in Durham, who I must thank for an awesome and huge home-cooked dinner!
Last night I stopped over with Steph C near Penshaw with her incredibly cute little kitty. He isn’t the spawn of Hell that she made him out to be, or it [...]
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Posted in October 14th, 2009
I’m a little over halfway round a quick nip round to visit friends and thought it’d be nice to add an update to the blog.
In brief, I’ve travelled from Glasgow down to Bradford; hopped back over the M62 to Oldham for a night; returned to Bradford then driven down to Chesterfield and up to Doncaster; [...]
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Posted in September 14th, 2009
Yes, the page is pretty much on hold at the moment barring a few backdated posts I really should be working on. There will be more stuff on here as time goes on and I will be going to new, and returning to old, places.
But right now I’m residing in Scotland as I managed by [...]
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