2018 is halfway through. Time to do a half year review. When I started this blog I thought I would focus on this quarterly. By default I do a quarter review on 5th April, because it is that tax year end in the UK, although I don’t always a September one – last year –… Continue reading 2018 – Half Year Review
Category: Life in General
Summer in Edinburgh
Yeah – summer has arrived in Edinburgh. Even more amazing, it looks like it will be here for another week or two. A rarity… Scotland has had record breaking temperatures over the last few weeks, (although not so much in Edinburgh sadly, but we did have some 25c+ temperatures, which was pretty good. Edinburgh gets… Continue reading Summer in Edinburgh
Why do we get fat? Do Diets Help or Hinder?
Why do we get fat? A very good question. I don’t think anyone really knows or understands. There are so many different propositions around. Do Diets help or hinder? I have tried a lot of diets, and every time I end up the same size again. I am not alone. We get given so much… Continue reading Why do we get fat? Do Diets Help or Hinder?
June 2018
June 2018 – I have been busy recently, and I hardly noticed than June is here already – How did that happen? For us in the northern hemisphere, it is a lovely time, spring is turning into summer, the gardens are growing fast, in our local fields the wheat is already a foot high, and… Continue reading June 2018
Retirement Travels 2018 – The Hebrides Part 3 – Stornoway to Loch Lomond
An early night for our 6am start the next morning for yet another ferry – this one from Stornoway to Ullapool. We were lucky yet again – a lovely calm crossing. My son had planned a drive along to Gairloch, and back towards Inverness. Yet again , some glorious scenery. This one is overlooking Little Loch… Continue reading Retirement Travels 2018 – The Hebrides Part 3 – Stornoway to Loch Lomond
My Springtime Challenge – Week 4
My 4th and final week of my Springtime challenge. Where has the time gone? 4 weeks ago, I set myself a springtime challenge to do come clearing out, force myself to eat more healthily and take more exercise. You can see the previous instalments – week 1, week 2, week 3 So what have I… Continue reading My Springtime Challenge – Week 4