August 2023

  • Non-toxic nostalgia in the railway museum, remote council meetings in your jammies and the horrors of electric cars.

    Plus this week’s brand new Beatcrofting radio show, with dog intervention Another promethazine voyage We arrived back in Shetland on Saturday, discombobulated and deranged as usual by the (12-hour) boat trip. Three days’ recovery is usually necessary at my advanced age. We had a cabin and the sea was relatively smooth, or at least we…

  • On drinking alcohol whilst taking cardiac medication

    Which may be unavoidable, but is not medically recommended Lansoprazol! If you plan to drink alcohol Your stomach wall Deserves a little rest Clopidogrel! Should you feel you want to raise some hell Can make you feel a bit unwell Don’t put it to the test You have been saved From heading to an early…

  • A swing through time

    Back in my childhood home of Troon, I at last venture back onto the golf course…plus Black Label in the former Walker household, and this week’s Beatcrofting show, playlist and stream. In 1962 we arrived in Troon from Pollokshaws, mum and dad seeking a place to bring up three children that wasn’t in the midst…

  • Tall ships, trucks and the return of Covid

    Including this week’s Bear-infested Beatcrofting. And goodbye to Robbie. The Tall Ships have come to Lerwick and gone, leaving many happy memories of friendships made, the astonishing range and depth of Shetland’s musical, crafting and artistic talent revealed, wonderful food and drink consumed… …and Covid contracted.  Maybe we’ll never hear about how the 37 ships’…