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Coast To Coast
Scotland Late September 2020 With the ongoing COVID19 pandemic limiting our ability to see people, I struggled to decide what to do for...
JC
Oct 18, 20205 min read
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Escaping to the Highlands
Inverness - Scotland Late July 2020 Amy and I have had quite different lock-downs. Amy, being an essential worker with the NHS, has...
JC
Aug 10, 20205 min read
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Glasgow - Lockdowns & Social Distancing
Glasgow March, May, June... July 2020 As the newsreaders so often insist on saying - these are most uncertain times. Days seemingly roll...
JC
Jun 16, 20203 min read
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Christmas In Glasgow - Don't Let The Bells End
Glasgow - Scotland December 2019 December was an odd time for me and was quite a mix of emotions. Glasgow looked a treat for Christmas,...
JC
Mar 24, 20203 min read
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: How To Make Friends and Choke People
Glasgow - Scotland November 2019 I competed in my first BJJ tournament in November – which was an intense experience to say the least....
JC
Mar 15, 20203 min read
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Keeping Busy
Glasgow, UK September – Keeping Busy. September seemed to all be leading to one thing – our upcoming trip to Munich and Spain. But prior...
JC
Jan 31, 20202 min read
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Between Scotland & England.
Glasgow, UK August 2019 August seemed to repeat itself, but in a very good way. We saw Zivian and Tahlia again, travelled to Edinburgh...
JC
Jan 30, 20203 min read
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A Physiotherapist Abroad (And How To Be One)
My thoughts and advice on how to become a Physiotherapist in the UK.
JC
Nov 11, 201912 min read
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The West Highland Way
The West Highland Way - Scotland July/August 2019 With Amy’s 30th birthday approaching, we had grand plans for an atypical, but hopefully...
JC
Nov 11, 20193 min read
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Gone Hikin'
Glasgow, the Lowlands and the Isle of Arran Late July So Amy and I will be doing the West Highland Way in late July – a week-long 96 mile...
JC
Nov 11, 20194 min read
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Edinburgh Weekends
Edinburgh May/June 2019 Yet another weekend in Edinburgh – this time for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, as Amy was running her first...
JC
Sep 9, 20193 min read
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Aberdeen - Beer & Granite
Aberdeen March 2019 Aberdeen is “the granite city” – a monochrome palette and sharp lines dominate it. All the buildings are built from...
JC
Jun 13, 20193 min read
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Stirling, Balloch, Pitlochry – Highland Times.
Scotland February 2019 Looking to make the most of the pretty good rail system in Scotland, Amy & I made a number of day trips from...
JC
May 27, 20193 min read
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Glasgow & The Auld Firm
Glasgow Late March 2019 I just wanted to write a quick primer regarding my work with the Rangers Football Club, as I’ve been fortunate...
JC
May 13, 20193 min read
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Edinburgh - Ceilidh under the Castle
Edinburgh Late December 2018 – New Years Fulfilling a long-held goal of attending Hogmanay in Edinburgh, we returned to Haymarket station...
JC
Apr 17, 20193 min read
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Christmas time, briefly.
Glasgow Early December 2018 This is only a short entry to catalogue our time at Christmas in 2018. Glasgow slipped slowly into the...
JC
Feb 27, 20192 min read
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Choose Life. Choose Glasgow.
Glasgow Mid-November 2018 We’ve now been here for 3 months and have settled in Glasgow’s West End, in a suburb called Partick. It’s an...
JC
Jan 20, 20194 min read
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Edinburgh - Bonny & Braw
Edinburgh Early September 2018 If you’ve not been, Edinburgh is magical. There is no other way to say it. Although it has become quite...
JC
Jan 12, 20192 min read
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What Brings You to Scotland?
Glasgow Early October 2018 "Why are ye here ya daff bastard? It’s pishin’ and shittin’ rain all the time. Gae home where it’s warm, big...
JC
Dec 12, 20183 min read
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