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Is Jennifer Saunders’ Jam and Jerusalem the worst, least funny, most obnoxiously, preeningly self-satisfied TV ‘comedy’ in the history of broadcasting? What on earth is the appeal of Russell Brand? Brain dead zombie goth versions of Frankie Howerd we can surely live without.

Poor old Quoyle. He was once the ultimate levitating black labrador. He would jump over anything, and now, even a low fence like this defeats him. Another fine day, though, with a spectacular double rainbow over Ronas Voe. Alas, my camera was not equipped with a lens capable of communicating its sheer size. Itwas, take…

A glorious day, so it was off to the Hillswick Ness for a wee (and very soggy underfoot) wander, made specific and a bit high-tech by heading for Another Fine Ness, the geocache I maintain there. So what’s geocaching? Well, it’s a kind of slow-paced, techno-orienteering-cum-treasure hunt. Makes walking a bit more interesting for the…

…Still one or two for sale if anyone’s really keen to have their life taken over by a gigantic slobbering Swiss dog that moults copiously every time the central heating comes on.Go HERE for moving pictures!

So, to recap…och, no I can’t be bothered. The whole gory story can be found on the Samsung and Comet Remote Service blog. Anyway, they came for our old, broken , 16-month-old fridge today, complete with brand spanking new replacement (all it took was a bit of highly specific blogging and a couple of registered…

I have a bit of a thing about traditional Shetland knitwear, particularly the old-fashioned Fair Isle patterns. I have to restrict my visits to Jamieson’s emporium in Lerwick, otherwise I would end up becoming a gansie addict, overwhelmed by that glorious smell of lanolin you get from native Shetland wool. But hand-knitting (with needles) is…

My old pal Stewart Cunningham (Safari won’t let me add links to Blogger Beta, typically….so he’s at http://www.greatscotphotography.com/) was present during the three hour Forsyth/Morton Children in Need extravaganza, and you can find more of his snaps (soon) at the BBC Tom Morton Show page (try the link over to the right). Time for the…

Back in Aberdeen, momentarily, having thrashed the wee Citroen up the road from Glasgow this morning. Yesterday was Children in Need, and that meant that Janice Forsyth and I co-hosted a three-hour special programme in the afternoon, featuring a veritable cornucopia of live guests. We had The Hazy Janes, Colin Macintyre (formerly the Mull Historical…

Great time last night at the Hello Saferide gig – The Hold, in the basement of the Admiral Bar in Waterloo Street, Glasgow, is a great wee venue. Civilised. Which at my age is important. Though whether or not it was civilised to drink so much Knob Creek whisky is quite another matter. Splendid seafood…

A combination of rough seas (until we were past Orkney) and two wailing children in an adjacent cabin (ah, I remember those days) kept me awake for chunks of last night. Also the occasional twinge of fear, which I don’t normally feel aboard the Zetland ferries. That terrible incident in the Pentland Firth over the…