Mainly books, but also other pleasing things
Posted in Books, Crime Fiction, England, Non-fiction, Scotland, Sunday Salon, Weekly Events on Jun 20th, 2010
This morning I’ve been reading The Border Line by Eric Robson, of interest because we live near the border – the one between England and Scotland. This is the account of Robson’s walk following the border line from the Solway Firth to Berwick-upon-Tweed. It’s also interesting because Robson includes anecdotes, snippets of history and personal memories [...]
Posted in Belhaven Bay, Scotland, Wordless Wednesday on Jun 16th, 2010
Click on photos to enlarge. A Wordless Wednesday post
Posted in Melrose, Scotland, Wordless Wednesday on Apr 14th, 2010
Gargoyles, Melrose Abbey More photos of Melrose Abbey More Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Cattle, Coldstream, Hirsel Country Park, Scotland, Wordless Wednesday on Apr 7th, 2010
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Posted in Edinburgh, Favourite Places, Scotland on Feb 7th, 2010
I’ve chosen a few photos taken last July of Edinburgh for today’s Favourite Places post. For more Favourite Places see Margot’s blog Joyfully Retired. I took some of these photos from a tour bus. Our grandchildren insisted we went on the Horrible Histories tour, which was very entertaining – of course the ordinary commentary was available [...]
Posted in Favourite Places, Linlithgow, Scotland on Nov 22nd, 2009
Joy at Joyfully Retired does a weekly feature called Favorite Places and I thought today I’d post some photographs of one of my favourite places: Linlithgow about 20 miles from Edinburgh. The approach to Linlithgow Palace Linlithgow Palace entrance Linlithgow Palace North Range Linlithgow Palace Great Hall Linlithgow Palace view from a window Linlithgow Palace – a [...]
Posted in Linlithgow, Scotland, Wordless Wednesday on May 6th, 2009
Upper Gallery Linlithgow Palace
Posted in Scotland, Wordless Wednesday on Apr 22nd, 2009
Niddry Castle, near Winchburgh, West Lothian Well, nearly wordless. Niddry Castle, a Tower House built around 1500, about 11 miles west of Edinburgh. Mary Queen of Scots stayed here in May 1568 after her escape from captivity in Loch Leven Castle. We visited it on an open day last September. The entrance is up a narrow stone [...]
Posted in Books, Bookshops, Linlithgow, Scotland on Apr 2nd, 2009
This is my 500th post! I began very tentatively in July 2006, when I wrote my first post beginning “This is my first attempt at writing a blog.” It wasn’t much of an attempt and I wrote nothing more until April 2007. I never thought then that I’d keep going for another two years and reach [...]
Posted in Books, Guide Books, Scotland on Mar 30th, 2009
Last week whilst staying with our son in Scotland we visited Rosslyn Chapel. The chapel was founded in 1446 and is still used today as a place of worship. I first came across Rosslyn Chapel through reading Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and was fascinated by it then. I never thought I’d actually visit it as [...]
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