3/11/2018 Our lovely tabby cat Xena has been missing since the 5th October 2018. That’s four weeks now and we still miss her – a lot! When I say we, I mean my flatmate and I. We’ve been looking after Xena for nearly a year. Her owner, an ex-flatmate of mine, left her in our… Read more »
5/4/2018 I have a thing for stars. I mean those beautiful, bright, twinkly things that look like diamonds in the night sky. I was spellbound by the beauty of the Milky Way from the very first time I saw it in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand and have been ever since. When I lived there I… Read more »
8/2/2018 In September 2017 I took a trip to Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic. Here are more highlights of this trip. BOAT TRIP TO THE ELAPHITE ISLANDS Destinations like Plitvice Lakes National Park, in central Croatia, Medjugorje in Bosnia Herzegovina, and Montenegro on the Southern Dalmatian coast, can all be visited on full day… Read more »
8/2/2018 An old walled town on the edge of the Adriatic Sea. Beautiful, historical, cultural Dubrovnik. It’s a place I’ve wanted to go to for a quite a while. One of the main attractions of this city for me, was the opportunity to walk along its ramparts, which are among the largest in Europe. It… Read more »
9/11/2017 The highlights of my Dubrovnik trip are coming soon – I promise 🙂 A two-part blog to look forward to. Tweet
7/11/2017 All birthdays should be celebrated, especially the big ones. It’s even more important to mark the occasion when we’re older, I think, because it shows that we’ve made it through another year and in this life, that’s an achievement. I turned 50 in September and I’m determined to make the celebrations last all year… Read more »
3/6/2017 Once again Leith has thrown off the dust covers of another tumbledown treasure. On the 29th April 2017 the Custom House opened its doors to the public for the second time in nearly three decades. This time the old Leith Theatre is shedding its cloak after 28 years and is celebrating that fact by hosting… Read more »
29/4/2017 “A Celebration of All Things Leith”. The slogan, which was boldly printed on a colourful poster, caught my eye. What really got my attention was the line “Open Day at Custom House and Custom Lane with Local Exhibits”. It’s a rare thing that this building opens its doors to the public and it was… Read more »
22/4/2017 Last Wednesday night’s Lindyhop social dance at Summerhall was surprisingly good. I left there with a smile on my face and all hyped up. I’ve been taking Lindyhop classes for nearly a year now through an organisation called Edinbop, in Edinburgh and I find them really enjoyable. I do the beginners classes from 7pm… Read more »
9/4/2017 I finally made it up to Arthur’s Seat. I’ve been living in Edinburgh for nearly two years and this was the first time I’d managed to climb the iconic hill. Terrible but true! Arthur’s Seat is the largest of the three parts of the Arthur’s Seat Volcano site of special scientific interest (the other parts being Calton… Read more »
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