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So I turn on the opening ceremony and am confronted with an overenthusiastic songster, standing on a false hill, surrounded by people...

The old town lock-up.  In times past rogues, and often late night drunks, were deposited inside one of the two small cells.  As the ...

Mons Meg High up on the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle stands the colossal 'Supergun' known as 'Mons Meg!'  This mon...

The long awaited announcement concerning those to be prosecuted for 'phone hacking' came today.  Former editors of the Murd...

Unbelievable!  The sun shone hot all day, and the wind was merely a cooling aid for us all instead of the usual tempest.  How jolly it...

Once again I can post a pic.  Thanks to 'A,' the wise young lass.  Still not sure how to work those albums mind but I did find...

One misery grumbled in a manner I never myself go in for, that there had been no pictures of park benches for a while.  Needless to...

Nothing but a bland picture to end the day.  When I got out it either stopped raining or was threatening to rain, and in between it ...

One of the good things about the internet is the dissemination of facts and news, and facts and news that are often left out of the m...

Nothing happened again today.  I mean things happened, the world turned, people did things, events took place, but nothing happened ....

Around three thirty this morning someone decided to thump on a door with their fist three times!  I awoke wondering who was clamberin...

One of the better class of rock groups 'Deep Purple' were excellent at their job!  This was one of the albums I obtained and ...

All right it's not much of a quiz, but there again it's not much of a pub!  In fact had it not been reduced for quick sale it...

Actually three. This evening the internet shuddered and the radio programme I was listening to stopped.  Soon it returned but it appeared ...

I took this picture of the town hall clock tower not because it was special but because the sky was blue. Read that again - BLUE! Y...

One picture spoofs the famous, by now, Second World War poster.  For bloggers it is indeed good advice.  Keeping the mouth shut and l...

Desperate to find a photo worth taking today.  Weather didn't help, having too much work to do didn't help, having no talent ...

Maybe it's the ever present tiredness that never seems to leave me, maybe it's just being cack-handed, or there again it may ju...

Nothing to say.  The papers are full of Andy Murray, a Scotsman, being the first British tennis player in the final at Wimbledon for yo...

BBC Another day, another fiddle in the 'Rangers' saga. What began with tax fiddling and grew with dubious new owners develo...

Sadly the picture cannot convey the sky form one end to the other covered in a deep pink hue.  Oh to live higher up and get a clear p...

A sad loss today was the passing of the great comedian and script writer Eric Sykes.   For those of us of a certain age Sykes was an in...

As we have avoided pics of the park for a while I thought I would cease your anxious wait by allowing a peep at the gray, dreich, damp ...

With the football season ending last night I am now able to concentrate on blog writing.  Isn't that good?  What?... oh.   Anyway...

Will be resumed as soon as the European Championships are over! .