I believe it was Tory politician Norman Fowler who quit Thatcher's government in order to (as his statement of the time read) "spen...

The dates for hillwalks over the summer have been posted. All the walks leave from the car park of Perth Baptist Church , all are on Saturda...

Brodie has tagged me in a game of blog-tag entitled "tell us seven things about yourself" under the headings: (1) a baby (2) bee...

“If you come just as an individual to church to get information and inspiration, and not submit yourself to community, you’re frustrating th...

I seem to have spent a whole week in self-imposed isolation in my study, surrounded by books of one sort or another. First I have been tryin...

A tension exists within Irish blues guitarist Gary Moore, between his natural musicianship and his flamboyant showmanship. Last night at th...

The Scottish Model Engineering Trust threw their new club railway open to the public yesterday. Lord Lucan & I took Boris and Norris up...

Young Boris and I joined the crowd up at the church tonight to watch the Champions League Final. After being hugely dissapointed at Man Utd...

Boris, Norris and Doris are blessed with two aunties who they seem to adore. The thought of seeing either of them always results in quite in...

In 2000 world leaders, including the UK, committed to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 201...

I have just listened to, and really appreciated, Tim Keller's sermon on 'suffering and the cross' which can be played using Quic...

One of our friends, who is a member of our church and a former child-minder of our children was very badly hurt in a cycling accident yester...

Reading is both a joy and a discipline, something immensly rewarding, yet something which jostle's for a position within the busyness of...

Rood Awakenings is series of events as a fringe contribution to the Perth Festival of the Arts this weekend. The uniting theme in all their...

I'm back from the wonderful Isle of Skye, recovering from an intensive week of walking, scrambling and climbing. Wife had bought me...

Of all the misnomers in the English tongue, there are possibly few which stretch credulity as far as that of the "youth hostel". T...

I see that the hon Dr Stumpy Greenisland (sic) - for it is he, has clocked up four decades. It occurs to me that that is an awful lot of mi...

Happy Birthday little 'Doris'. I can't believe you are two already. Into our family you have brought love, smiles, giggles, quir...

Tired of chewing and swallowing food? Looking for a way to waste less time at the meal-table ? Always felt that there were just too many ste...

Rood Awakenings is fringe contribution to the Perth Festival of the Arts by Christians as a celebration of creativity by artists who believe...

This week we'' ve managed to contact or heard from several old friends who haven't been heard of for years. It's been reall...

On Saturday we had our 'church conference' - when we spent a few hours together listening, discussing, praying and questioning what...

I can't think how many times I have passed the little sign at the entrance to Glen Coe which points your attention leftwards for ...

I have posted quite a few photos of the hills that can be seen looking N. from Perth on here over the last year or so, without ever really k...

A very full log shed and an aching back!

On Saturday night, a few of us went up to the Birnam Institute to hear local blues band, "Wang Dang Delta ". They put on a very go...

We saw this DVD last night, which had come highly recommended to me. I would like to take this opportunity to " unrecommend " it t...

Well actually there is - and here they are. I've been offered a few nice big chunks of wood for the fire; all I have to do is to collect...

"Does anyone actually read your blog?". I have been asked this question many times and I have always replied, "Er...... dunno...

Visiting the wife's family has many good things to offer, alongside their entertaining company. In the last year they have also procured...

We went for a trip to Derry for the day (or Londonderry if you prefer). The highlight of the day alongside the train ride there and back, w...

One of our favourite TV programmes is "Coast", the series in which they have toured around the coastline of the British Isles inve...

The North of Ireland has some fantastic scenery. We took a day trip across to Co. Donegal and up to Glenveagh National Park. It's very m...

We're just back from a fine week spent with the wife's family in Northern Ireland. On Easter Monday we went down to the seaside tow...

There is egg-on-face at Somerfields supermarkets and their ad-agency Brando over an embarrassing error in an Easter press release which cont...

"Crashing Tooth" the Tyrannosaurus Rex by Boris

Just had a phone call from Percy Cowpat in Chile to tell us that they've just had a little daughter, all arrived safely and well, a coup...

Dr Stumpy Greenisland sent me his Good Friday Mediatation, which is published here with his permission. Looking God in the Eye Steve sat dow...

We're just back from the cinema, having been to see the much vaunted film, "Amazing Grace" about William Wilberforce's cam...