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Lorraine was working from home on Saturday so I either had to stay quiet or go and do something 🙂 Luckily Paul had booked a round of golf at my local course – Carrick Knowe – so an enjoyable 3 and a bit hours was spent whacking a tiny white…

Didn’t quite last until 4am like Lorraine on her Hen do, but made it past 3am which is the latest I’ve been out in a looooooong time. You have to realise dear reader that some of us had been up early-doors to go karting from 9:30am (congrats to Hamish for…

I’ve just won my first ever online backgammon tournament! Click on the screen grab to see the official notice. Sign up to play for free at itsyourturn.com Blm

After surviving a week with toothache I ended up with a stinking cold on Sunday just to top it all off. Got the tooth out today – now all I have to do is get over the pain of the extraction and all should be back to normal… Blm

Narrowly avoided Jury service for tomorrow by 2 jurers. Jurers 101 -> 150 aren’t required. I was Jurer number 103! Means I’m stuck in busy work all this week instead though. Not sure which would have been better?! Blm

My dad passed away on Tuesday 12th July at the Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh after battling a Brain Tumour diagnosed in November the previous year. The service was at Mortonhall Crematorium on Saturday 16th July and was attended by over 200 family, friends and colleagues past and present. Mum, Lorna…

After an exciting week down in Scarborough on training its good to be back home. Bike worked fine this morning so maybe my battery problems are behind me??? Who knows. Nothing worse than being on a course when its all nice and sunny outside. Still, the Ox Pasture is a…

Suppose I should be quite British about stuff and talk about the weather. Its raining. Has been all day, apparently from before 6am when my better half got up. So I’m on the bus with the rest of Edinburgh this morning. How exciting. Watered the garden last night too –…