Adullamite

Every week I begin by attempting to get fit. By the end of the week I feel good and within days I am overcome by weariness and the 'bug...

Rabbie Burns has long been Scotland's favourite bard. This year commemorates the 250th anniversary of his birth. A brief life is given ...

Watching this man traipsing over the countryside I feel I must object! For several years now he has been walking along, in all weathers, wit...

I don't normally post video's, but for those wishing to see Scotland I thought this one helpful.

It was dark when I rose this morning. So very dark I could see nothing whatever. I stumbled around getting dressed and clambered through tow...

How wonderful! Who can fail to be moved by the sight of a steam train thundering along? One of the great invention of the 19th century the t...

After rising from my pit this morning I cleared the condensation from the window and gazed blearily into the darkness. Wind and rain hurtled...

Reading through some blogs the other day, well most days actually, I find many folks are sitting at their PCs awaiting the muse to move so t...

As I took of my mitts to reveal the woollen gloves with the fingers cut off, unzipped the sleeping bag and threw the cold hot water bottles ...

One of the three remaining servicemen from the Great War resident in the UK has died. William Frederick Stone died aged 108! 'Young Bill...

Oh Dear, once again the Heart of Midlothian have put their near neighbours in their place. Their place? That of the 'Wee Team!' This...

I have just seen my first Cadburys Cream Egg advert! This is the first week in January! Some have claimed to have seen this ad earlier than...

This was the scene yesterday. Cold mist hanging around and in the afternoon freezing all and sundry, and my bony knees were part of that sun...

I came across this today. This is not a job I want, but I was taken by the jargon found here. This is Gobbledygook and has no bearing whatso...

I have been watching Sky Sports News and they had clips of one of those American Throwball games. One of the teams shown actually kicked th...

Yes indeed! All around folks are complaining about returning to work. Few contemplating how lucky they are! The dreary round of work, rest a...

I like this picture. Not just because I took it, but I also had a go at printing a bigger version of the thing and it worked! I was sitting ...

So I rushed round the supermarket looking for the special offers. I read all the blogs first thing, although the time difference is a nuisan...

So early(ish) yesterday morning I got on the bike and raced slowly up the old railway line. I had hoped it would be empty, new year reveller...

A Good New Year to one and all!