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Street Rhythm

27Jun10

Something different … We were in Glasgow on Saturday and saw this band, clearly fully signed up members of the Braveheart Appreciation Society, who gave a fantastic and percussive performance of some popular tunes.  These guys are actual quite a well-known sight on Buchanan Street and always draw a large crowd.  The lone piper looked […]


On a whimsical theme, this Mallard duck clearly didn’t mind being in the spotlight.  She was so bored by the whole process that she snoozed through the parade of visitors to Westbury Gardens who stopped to take a photograph of her on her yew hedge.  No need for long lenses here, you could almost get […]


I find that it is worthing looking down as much as up when walking, as you never know what you will see.  With the masses of deadfall on the Brunei coast these bits of palm had been washed up just like a bat and ball.  The little holes are made by small crabs that scuttle […]


The Bonnet Stane (or Stone – opinions vary on the spelling) is a strange sandstone outcrop on the northern slopes of West Lomond hill, a short walk from home.  Nowadays a local shepherd uses a cave with hurdles as a makeshift sheep fold.  However, this cave is known as Maiden’s Bower.  According to legend, a […]