3/4/2016 Heather Gems – what stunning pieces of art! I was totally fascinated by the whole process of how this company turns heather stems into fabulous pieces of jewellery. How they manage to get such beautiful rainbows of colour in the finished pieces really got my attention. It was Sunday and the weather had turned…. Read more »
Trips To Scotland
2/4/2016 The weather in Pitlochry was great that Saturday. There were blue skies, a lot of sunshine and it was actually quite warm. Even in the height of the summer here in Scotland, you count your blessings if the temperatures hit 19 degrees. So a warm day in the Highlands was an unusual thing. After… Read more »
1/4/2016 1998 was the last time I went to the Highlands of Scotland. That was a memorable trip for different reasons but this time I just wanted a short break for a few days. I decided to head to Pitlochry, only an hour and a half by train from Edinburgh. What I got was a… Read more »
14/4/2016 Who would think that renewing your webhosting subscription could be so difficult? It’s been a bit of a nightmare trying to sort this out, especially this year. I have a two-year webhosting and a one year domain name subscription with Bluehost.com. I must admit that I am very happy with the look of my… Read more »
7/4/2016 Agency Worker Regulations (A.W.R.) are supposed to protect the agency worker’s rights. But what’s the point in them if they don’t apply? My colleague and I have been working in the same temporary job, through a job agency, for the same company for the last eight months. We’re both working through Hays Recruitment Agency… Read more »
25/10/2015 Listening to someone coughing the gunk up off their lungs every morning, isn’t the most pleasant of things to wake up to, is it? Flat sharing has both its good and its bad points. I’m sure a lot of people have gone through the experience of flat sharing at some point or other and… Read more »
17/8/2015 “Here I go again” I said to myself when the plane was taking off from Dublin to Edinburgh. Another relocation and hopefully the last one. Having to go through the process of registering with doctors, dentists, opening a bank account, finding a job, long term accommodation and such things can be a struggle… Read more »
9/8/2015 Since May this year I’ve been moving around quite a lot. Some of those moves have been just holidays and some have been major relocations. I left New Zealand in May, headed back to Amsterdam for a few days, then on to Ireland for about seven weeks and now I’ve moved to Edinburgh. Hopefully… Read more »
3/8/2015 I recently moved back to Europe from New Zealand at the end of May and was trying to decide where to base myself and what sort of jobs to apply for. Here are the next steps in the decision making process. I contacted about twenty Irish tour operators and a few English/Scottish ones. I… Read more »
30/7/2015 A lot has happened since I left New Zealand over two months ago and it’s high time that I filled everyone in on what I’ve been doing. I’ll just quickly say that I’ve moved to Edinburgh and am trying to get myself sorted out here with finding a job, opening bank accounts, registering with… Read more »
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