Tales from rural bank – Millicent cashes in her shares
Catch up with Millicent – Tales from a rural bank | Ginger the cat | the committee | Reverend Spleen departs Shares can go down as well as up. I recently invested a substantial…
Gurkhas in the Mist part 14 – Dalwhinnie to Braemar (3)
Catch up with Gurkhas in the Mist – a coast-to-coast walk across the Highlands It was 2.30pm. We were about half way. Twenty miles to go, six hours to do…
The mad, mad, mad, mad, life of Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas was the prototype upper-class buffoon, a heady mix of caddish scheming and Bertie Wooster-style tomfoolery, delivered in gentlemen’s club vowels, over a gold-plated cigarette holder. And indeed, in real…
Seasonal shopping in Cologne’s Christmas markets
As evenings darken, Leo Owen recommends Cologne’s famous Christmas markets for festive shopping. Cologne is one of Germany’s oldest cities and has the country’s highest concentration of pubs. The city…
Diary of a Bad Fisherman – Dallas days on River Findhorn
There comes a time, even for a Bad Fisherman, when all aspects of the cosmos combine to present you with the perfect fishing day. Recently, for me, it was the River…
13:55 Eastern Standard Time
Excerpt ten from Nick Alexander’s gripping 13:55 Eastern Standard Time. Caravan Of Hope Cheung perches on the edge of the cold stone wall and glances back at the shack to check that Lin…
Exercise tips for older people
Exercise at any age is important but as we get older it can be harder to find activities which we feel we can do and want to do. Here are…
Gurkhas in the Mist part 13 – Dalwhinnie to Braemar (2)
Catch up with Gurkhas in the Mist – a coast-to-coast walk across the Highlands Many of my fellow Civil Engineering students at Heriot Watt University who were about to graduate…
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