random drivel
It is not a surprise that I like castles. Turrets, dungeons, little windows for boiling oil, portcullises ( or is it portculli ?) what’s not to like? It turns out that the answer is spiral staircases. That whole wedge shaped step, getting narrower and narrower as one gets higher, is less than practical. Going up […]
Alas, I bought a Nintendo switch on a whim on release night. So I have mostly been in Hyrule failing to overcome my hand-eye co-ordination issues. No, I haven’t done any divine beasts yet. I’m trying to see how many towers I can get before having to commit. I’m really only here for the cooking […]
“There are two seasons in Scotland : June and Winter” Billy Connolly Which pretty much holds true for the rest of the uk at the moment. And June was a bit hit and miss, even so. So what was I doing in june? Firstly… Not climbing this extremely tall pole on a freezing cold day. […]
Ok, Monday the 17th was a bit wet, if one thinks about the deluge that ensued. It was a bit like driving through a vertical river, until we hit the M9, at which point it was like driving several feet under the surface of a river. It wasn’t so much standing water on the motorway […]
October. Autumn. Season of mellow fruitfullness. Red golden leaves, Sunsets, trolling long the beach perhaps wearing an Arran sweater to ward of a slight chill. I’ve checked the Weather. Never mind that two weeks ago I was posting about being too hot, and had the fan on in the bedroom, Today we have a sever […]
Of the planet. Or at least the frozen north where aeons ago continental plates smushed inot one another with enough force to form an island. Where the rock strata has more in common with canada than Norway, and we are on the same chilly as the both of those sunny places. this is obviously why […]