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Dougie
Jun 6, 20224 min read
Tell me why. I don't like Mondays.
We strolled by the Seine. How hard could our Monday be? We followed the river for four kilometres or so before entering le Jardin des...
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Dougie
Jun 5, 20225 min read
The curse of the east coast mainline strikes again
Taking the train between Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross has been one of my favourite journeys since my first trip in the late...
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Dougie
Jun 4, 20223 min read
"the quiet of the day far from the roar of the sun."*
It is in days such as today I find myself. Quiet, simple days where not much happens on the surface. Time passes slowly. I am with people...
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Dougie
Jun 3, 20224 min read
In the immortal words of John McEnroe ...
You cannot be serious! We took a mid-morning train to Edinburgh Waverley. As far as I know, it's the only train station named after a...
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Dougie
Jun 2, 20223 min read
Let Glasgow Flourish
We visited Betty again today for three hours. By the time we said our goodbyes my mother was tired. It was time for us to go. Betty was...
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Dougie
Jun 1, 20226 min read
From the sublime to the ridiculous
Today we visited the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum; Glasgow's finest and my favourite for all kinds of reasons (not all of them to...
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Dougie
May 31, 20223 min read
"gentle breathings, heard in this deep calm"*
Today -- after six years of being apart -- I sat with my mother, Betty, for a few hours. My life and work in Australia kept me far away...
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Dougie
May 30, 20226 min read
In the Second City of the Empire
Glasgow is the city in which I was born. When people ask, "where are you from?" I usually answer "Glasgow" although the fact is I left...
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Dougie
May 29, 20226 min read
The Journey Home ... delayed by a deer on the tracks
The promenade at Weymouth is a peaceful place at seven o'clock on a Sunday morning. The only sounds are those of the natural world. The...
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Dougie
May 28, 20223 min read
(Not too) Far from the Madding Crowd
We are still in Hardy Country -- in a place where his best loved book collides with John Schlesinger's film. A day when 1874 (Thomas...
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Dougie
May 27, 20225 min read
High Tea (and a less than stellar poem) in Hardy Country
We were in need of a good location. Spike had arranged to meet her father's sister, Anne, and her husband, Jeff, somewhere in Weymouth....
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Dougie
May 26, 20225 min read
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside ...
Sometimes the simplest delights of a long holiday are found in the most unexpected places. This morning that turned out to be adjacent...
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Dougie
May 25, 20222 min read
A different sort of England
After fabulous pastries in the cute café in Pimlico we skipped yesterday, we left London today. Our final hour in the Big Smoke was spent...
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Dougie
May 24, 20224 min read
Let them eat cake
Marie Antionette never said the words for which she is most famous. And according to some, the beheaded Queen may not even have said,...
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Dougie
May 22, 20224 min read
A Gallery Too Far ...?
To paraphrase the 1977 Second World War "blockbuster" movie, A Bridge Too Far starring Dirk Bogarde, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins and...
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