About this blog
"There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter."- Billy Connolly.
In 2012 I moved back to Canada, and I'm no longer updating this blog. Thanks for visiting.
In 2012 I moved back to Canada, and I'm no longer updating this blog. Thanks for visiting.
Popular Posts
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You heard me. Twirl your tongue around inside your mouth and gather as much saliva as you can muster. Then take a moment to remember the old...
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It is Remembrance Day Sunday. For me the minute of silence that is held to mark the eleventh hour always seems to lap over the sides of the ...
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Perhaps I am a careless blogger. Perhaps I should be more vigilant in digging out facts, timelines and stories in order to recreate the live...
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I thought the first line to the popular Burns’ song Auld Lang Syne would be appropriate on this occasion, which marks my goodbye to this blo...
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“We're now beginning our descent into Edinburgh. You’ve probably picked the worst place to land in the UK at the moment; the weather on ...
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It has been almost a year since I said goodbye to this blog and now my Scotsman and I are saying goodbye to Scotland as well. After much dis...
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Near Skeabost on the Isle of Skye, this beautiful river flows over dark stones and eventually out into the bay. After rushing through a stee...
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My weather-beaten 2004 copy of A Rough Guide to Scotland describes the exterior of Paisley Abbey as “an unattractive, fat grey façade.” I c...
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Ben Buie, Scotsman Calendar (June) This has been the most fun I have had with a giveaway so far. The responses to where you would most l...
Favourite Scotland Blogs & Sites
- Allotment 2 Kitchen
- Autofocused Photo blog
- Blue sky Scotland
- Cairn in the Mist
- CraftyGreenPoet
- Craigwell Cottage blog
- Dancing Beastie
- Dave Gifford in Shetland
- Edinburgh City Libraries blog
- Edinburgh Day by Day
- Edinburgh Spotlight
- Edinburgh Whisky Blog
- Edinburgh's Dark Side
- Elgol: Photo Hebrides
- Fergie & Fife
- Five Precious Things
- Gavin Macfie's highland adventures
- Glasgow Daily Photo
- GlenTrek
- Gone to Scotland
- Green Isle of the Great Deep
- Highland Happenings
- Islay Blog
- Journeys to Scotland
- Life on a Small Island (Orkneys)
- Life on the Hill
- Light and Dark
- Linda Mellor's Photographic Blog
- Love of Scotland
- Must Visit Scotland
- Natural Scotland
- Nordic Blackbird
- North Light
- Occasional Scotland
- Painting on the Edge
- Pebble Heart
- Photo Hebrides
- Photogenic Scotland
- Photographer Kim Ayres
- Raw Food in Scotland
- Scotland in the Gloaming
- Scotland Landscapes
- Scottish Ancenstry
- Scottish Borders
- Scottish Poetry Library
- Scottish Roundup
- The Edinburgh Blog
- The Good Soup Guide
- The Scottish Lemon
- Trampy and the Tramp (Curry!)
- Traveling Savage
- Uist Lady
- Wandering Gecko
- Wee bit of cooking
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- Chasing the storm at Ardvreck Castle
- Cookbook winner is fusion food lover
- Haggis Lasagne and a Lovely Giveaway
- A road for motorcyclists
- How to be Swedish in Scotland
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