June 2011

  • A mother’s prayer for Andy Murray (Non-interventionist God)

    Will try and get a video of this being sung up on YouTube – it’s part of the live show My Bad Gospel: The Backslider’s Songbook Vol 1, due to debut at Belladrum 2011 Hallo Andy I heard from your mum She’s most concerned about what you’ve not become The people of Scotland, they’ve been…

  • All at sea with 2.5 Honda horsepower

    I’ve owned three Honda outboard motors, and this is the third, attached to a diminutive inflatable boat (also made by or rather for Honda). Four-stroke engines, none of that nasty petrol-oil mixing. All have been brilliant starters, even after weeks lying idle at storm-lashed moorings. One saved my (and my venerable Shetland Model’s) bacon when…