Perth, about an hour ago.

Young Boris' wish finally came true at the weekend when he was taken to a professional football match. He often plays on Saturday mornin...

Delivered by stealth, under cover of darkness, I arrived at concrete, soulless Euston. Having slipped silently over the dark silhouettes of ...

I have been immersed in this book for the last week or so. I was given it as a Christmas present, and I must admit when I received it I wa...

The only thing I really dislike about church these days is ... singing. I have spent my life singing in various contexts, as a child, as an...

Tonight I am once again praying for my little Grandma, who is very ill in hospital.

THIRD APPARITION: Be lion-mettled, proud and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are; Macbeth shall never vanquished be...

After spectacularly failing his eye-tests, young Norris is now the proud owner (and wearer) of glasses. How long he is prepared to wear them...

(Thanks to Mr Mackay for the photo, of the North Top from the summit) Tryfan was the first real 'mountain' that I ever climbed. Pr...

Could have been filmed on our house today..... thanks to the Solihull 5 for showing me the clip.

Seventeen characters assembled in Snowdonia this weekend to celebrate the final days of AJ as a single man. People from his Uni days, work ...

Kandoo are marketed as "flushable toilet wipes", ideal one would think for helping the owners of young tender bottoms to clean th...

I believe it was Dr Stumpy Greenisland who recommended this one to me - and he is usually a reliable recommender of good reading material. ...

We're all just back from celebrating a very cold Christmas with the in-laws. Travelling there and back was entertaining. On the way ther...

Apparently the BACC (the body that passes TV adverts as fit for airing) is in a quandary over the song, "I Saw Three Ships". Its n...

A mountain-bike has long been on my wish-list, especially as it could avoid some very long 'walk-ins' to distant mountains - bringin...

A Very Whimsical Subversion. I was given a copy of this entertaining little book recently, and last night I finally managed to set aside the...

In some sense the most benevolent, generous person in the world seeks his own happiness in doing good to others, because he places his happ...

This rock-face has been 'tastefully' re-enforced to prevent further chunks of it dangerously falling off. "I know why it's...

My aged and venerable father has just sent me a link to an on-line advent calendar, which each day has a short, thoughtful advent thought. S...

I can't think of a caption to do justice to this photo.... can you help?

"Shoes" (S.J. Wolstenholme ) These are the shoes of those whose lives all ended here. These are the clothes they wore, when death...

One very old, cumbersome, almost-condemned, and inefficient boiler out! And one small, efficient, new one in! It's taking a good few d...

What was intended to be a nice, clean, hot fire turned into a ghastly smog. I think the wood must have been treated with something!

We all sat together and watched Scotland's heroic failure to qualify for the European football finals. Such was the importance of the ma...

Last year I went to the JLBJH gig in Edinburgh and blogged enthusiastically about what a wonderful evening it was. This week I have been e...

Several million quid later, Paris is 20 minutes closer to London than it was before yesterday. Fullers brewery seemed to hit the right note ...

We enjoyed a fine evening on the Lucan estate, the highlight of which, for Boris, Norris, That Hideous Sister and myself at least, was the b...

Many years ago, we went to a CARE marriage event held at our church, designed to help couples grow in their relationship. It would be a gros...

It's nice and warm in here though, although I've noticed the chairs have begun their annual migration to the fireside.

"Pus-finger... he's the man with the septic touch!" Poor Norris, his thumb has ballooned with an infection which is painful, ...

We spent a splendid afternoon on the Lucan estate on Saturday. They have brought down a dodgy tree and so while Lord Lucan worked away with ...

Colin over at " Unashamed Workman " has posted recently on the subject of idolatry. He has included a link to a particularly inter...

I have just heard the news that Mr Swann , who was my minister for eighteen years, has died in Cardiff, after a long illness. Our thoughts a...

This is posted here in honour of the person who once posted on this blog as "that hideous sister", who has brought shame and disho...

When Dr Stumpy Greenisland e-mailed me earlier this week to merrily wish me a "pox on my house" I laughed at his genial good humou...

OK - so that title got your attention! Vlad, (a regular reader, but never commenter on this blog) has sent me a really scary leaflet, which ...

Eleven of Perth's most singular characters assembled at the Nurjahan the other night for what can only be described as the least plausib...

1. To believe that the appearance of affluence is the central organising principle of life. 2. To believe that being compulsively busy even ...

While the brick-extension at the southern end of the old hillside hospital was a bit gim-looking, it seems such a shame that no use could b...

The last few moment's of Perth's old hospital, being cleared for sheltered accommodation and luxury flats. The design for the new b...

Sgurr na Ciche , high in the Rough Bounds of Knoydart looks majestic across the Sound of Sleat , from Skye's southernmost peninsula....

Moorings at Ardvasar Mallaig by Night, from Sleat