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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...
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Nov 11, 20194 min read
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London Calling - Yet Again
London June 2019 Racing home from work in the afternoon, I quickly packed my bag and met Amy at Glasgow Central station. We made our...
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Sep 9, 20193 min read
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Football, Football, Football.
Luynes, France, & Dusseldorf, Germany July 2019 As mentioned previously, I’m now involved with the Rangers FC Youth Academy, which has...
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Sep 9, 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...
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Sep 9, 20193 min read
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York - A Bit Of A Shambles
England - York March 2019 For such a small town, York has a wonderfully complex history. Originally settled as the Roman town of...
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Aug 5, 20194 min read
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England - (Country) Parklife
England Late April 2019 Amy and I were surprised to find that Easter isn’t much of a thing here in Britain. The idea of a four day...
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Jun 20, 20194 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...
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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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Berlin - "Lasst sie nach Berlin kommen"
Berlin December 2018 I look forward to Berlin every time I’m due to travel there. As a city, it just suits me well. Rich in history, good...
JC
Apr 16, 20196 min read
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Zagreb - Sretan Bozic!
Zagreb Christmas 2018 Croatian border security terrified us. The entire bus had their passports taken of them and were told to stand...
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Apr 15, 20195 min read
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Budapest - Picture Perfect
Hungary Mid-December 2018 Hungary is fantastic. Book your tickets. That’s almost all I want to say - It’s that good. Amy, Elle, and I...
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Mar 17, 20197 min read
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Prague - Books & Covers
Prague Late December 2018 I seem to be in the minority when it comes to Prague. Quite simply, I don’t really like it. Having been there...
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Mar 16, 20195 min read
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Nürnberg – “Short, but good”
Nürnberg Late December 2018 Continuing our Christmas Tour of Germany, we moved onwards to Nürnberg. Once a free imperial city in the Holy...
JC
Mar 15, 20192 min read
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Karlsruhe - One Step Beyond
Karlsruhe Mid December 2018 Finishing work for the year, I quickly made way to Edinburgh airport to join Amy in Germany. Only, I didn’t,...
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Mar 9, 20193 min read
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London - A Good Service On All Lines.
London Early December 2018 Christmas was fast approaching, and Amy and I were soon to leave on our three week trip across Europe. The...
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Mar 4, 20194 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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Belfast - A Rough Diamond.
Belfast Late November 2018 Belfast was a pleasant surprise. Knowing a rough outline of The Troubles without being equipped to really...
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Feb 19, 20196 min read
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Edinburgh - Something Old, Something New.
Edinburgh Late October 2018 My sense of distance is slowly changing now that I’m living in the UK. Growing up in Perth, you get used to...
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Feb 18, 20194 min read
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