Author Archives: gary

There is an American election coming up (in case you didn’t know) and although I don’t get a vote, I’ve been following it quite a lot and watching a few speeches etc. especially by Mr. Obama. I’ve got to say … Continue reading →

Was sitting working away this afternoon when it started to get a little dark outside. “Might be a chance of rain” I thought to myself… The weather was a little different from in Bulgaria, anyway. At about 2mins 55 of … Continue reading →

That’s me back from a nice week in Bulgaria with Maria and her parents. Was a bit on the warm side though and I now resemble the lobster man from Mars… Got up to quite a lot of different things. … Continue reading →

Last week was a really busy week for me with a lot of things to do at work etc. In order not to over-extend myself, I jumped on a plane on Friday night and flew over to Bourgas in Bulgaria. … Continue reading →

I was going to write a post about how the current SL Stockholm Bus strike is causing me and millions of others a lot of hassle and how SL basically stole 270Kr from me for a bus-pass that is completely … Continue reading →

Did you by any chance read Sundays copy of the Hangzhou Daily? It featured an article about Stockholm and the fact it had the Olympics in 1912. I was interviewed and featured in the article (picture too). I would just … Continue reading →

Gone. An old friend to this blog looks like she will be making her last appearance on these pages for a while. Wendy has stepped down as “heed bummer” of the Scottish branch of the Labour party. With her lip … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, the Scottish summer reached a record breaking second nice day in a row. Another perfect day on the beach at Cruden Bay and a great chance to take the kites out for their maiden flights. Neil had brought … Continue reading →

On Monday the weather was much better and we could appreciate being at Cruden Bay.   After a walk and some lunch, my Dad and I went down to the rocks near the harbour to see if we could make … Continue reading →

Last night we drove up the road to Neil’s house at Cruden Bay. Neil wasn’t there because he was busy running the length of the West Highland Way which is 153Km with 4499m of ascent. He managed to smash his … Continue reading →