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Shitzu

I didn’t want a Shitzu. It’ll be embarrassing walking a stupid wee dug I complained. To this day, I keep Shitzu off the lead. I was outvoted 2 to 1 however. Got her in a Perth tesco carpark,a tiny wee bundle, cried all the way home. She soon settled and started to impose herself onContinue reading “Shitzu”

Kuro the Dog

Kuro was born in 2007 I think, at Greenyards Farm, Dunblane. I was out a jog (yes, really) and spotted the blackboard advertising “labrador pups for sale”. Came home, told the family and we all went out. Big mistake. 9 black labrador pups for sale, stumbling around in a straw covered stable. Of course we’llContinue reading “Kuro the Dog”

Moskva

Moskva. I’m finally here this is it. Got off the train at Belorusskaya station fine but finding my digs took an hour. The Hotel Versali turned out to be a flat in a tenement in Moscow. Take your shoes off please. They’ve a thing about shoes in Russia. Am shattered but it’s still only 8pm.Continue reading “Moskva”

Tattie Howking

Its Baltic. I scrape the ice off the pharmacy van, ready for a shift. Suns just coming up, dazzling. Check: juice, apple, headtorch all there. Short days in Scotland in late November, dark by 4. An I’ll be on til 5 at least. Turns out a glorious day, everyone loves a sunny day, wants aContinue reading “Tattie Howking”

Back to Suni Duni

We moved back up to Suni Duni (Dunblane) in September 1997, after 5 years in a tenement in Cowane Street, Stirling. It was just Elaine, myself and Sean, who was 3 months old. My folks in Murdoch Terrace were delighted, they loved Sean and fought over who should hold him when we popped round. SeanContinue reading “Back to Suni Duni”

Bogotá

When you travel to an ‘unusual’ destination, you need to put up with stereotypical comments from friends. Colombia played right into their hands.”Oooft watch you don’t get kidnapped” and “have you no’ seen Narcos?” Yeah yeah. So, I’m sitting in a holding cell in Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado, Bogotá. The Colombian customs officer is lookingContinue reading “Bogotá”

Harris : Follow your Dreams

We first visited Harris in the summer of 1991. It wasn’t very summery but we fell in love with it. Got a B n B in Tarbert and an introduction to the Hearachs. “Can we get a double room for tonight?”. “Well let’s see” said the old lady (cailleach)” we have a double room andContinue reading “Harris : Follow your Dreams”

Following Bill the Pill

I’ve been doing the pharmacy delivery driver for over a year now. I’m getting to know the auld yins and they’re getting to know me. It’s a hard act following in the footsteps of “Bill the Pill” as they call him but just the other day an auld dear in Dunblane said she recognised myContinue reading “Following Bill the Pill”

Football Family

Saturdays are football. Simple. Before the female half of you switch off….wait a minute please. It’s about community , team spirit, looking after your teammate. Elaine’s choir I would imagine is similar in a gentler fashion, especially on show night. Theres nerves but you get out there and put on a performance, give it yourContinue reading “Football Family”

Brussels to Moskva

Brussels airport and I’m looking up a the departure board. Moscow 0925. This is it !I’d got the 0605 from Edinburgh earlier – never slept, never do with an early rise. I should be a burst baw but Im buzzin’. Theres Scotland fans milling about. Part of me is reassured : well at least I’mContinue reading “Brussels to Moskva”