January 2006

  • Some snaps from last year to this, using my birthday camera

    Just a wee collage, showing, variously, the coward’s view of Eshaness this morning (9th January, so windy I could hardly stand; force nine gusting more); two shots of sunrise on 1st January, 2006 (around 9.00 am); a boat just along from our house, not mine; a remnant of the MOD presence at Eshaness, taken this…

  • 2006 and all that

    30th: Bang crash wallop. Bash Susan’s borrowed/rented pick-up into sister’s rental Corsa. Not good. Completely fed up and knackered.31st: I am 50. Surprisingly good. Party starts at 3.00pm and continues for around 12 hours. Great music, food, moderate drinking. Only big disappointment is Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottling of 12-year-old Aberlour which tastes like bad…