But this is an adventure and we are not letting a little rain get in the way of exploring. So, after a relatively leisurely start to the day, we got ourselves suitably attired and out into the Scottish dreich.
All in Travel
Scotland Road Trip 2022 - Part Two - Forcible and Pathetic
Actually, the day had already started in spectacular fashion when, hearing a whole lot of noise outside, we looked out of the window and saw wave after wave of geese flying overhead. There were thousands, all honking in the way that geese do, flying across the dull and damp sky.
Scotland Road Trip 2022 - Part One - Is It Raining Yet?
The morning was lovely, blue skies and mild for mid October. We passed the uninteresting hours travelling away from the South East listening to the radio and finding random things to discuss. Who would have guessed that almost every other car on the M40 through Oxfordshire would have been a black Range Rover?
Oh To Bring A Little Classical Philosophy Into A Conversation
If you decided to put a word, just one, on a padlock and then leave it, locked, somewhere for others to see and consider, I wonder, what would you choose?
And I Wonder, Do We Waste Our Time?
Because when you see something, something that touches you in a way that almost dares you to try and find the words to describe it, well, you can't just see it and keep on walking, can you?
When Unpleasant Things Command Our Attention
Life can be very unpredictable.
We all know that. Things happen that we don’t expect and the world we enjoy can change significantly, almost overnight, at times.
Who Needs Witty And Smart?
I've spent way too long trying to write something clever about this image. Something about “chocolate box” views and changing aesthetics and tastes.
Can You Afford To Dream?
It would be so easy, I thought, so easy to simply get lost in a place like this. To let myself be taken back to a time where everything about life seemed simple and so very appealing.
Brown Signing, Memories, Cake and Buttercups
If you let it, life should really be one big adventure. Full of excitement and spontaneity and fun.
But mostly we don't let it, do we?
The Attraction Of Planned Spontaneity
A tow path walk, locks a plenty under heavy, leaden Wiltshire skies. Threatening rain, of course, but never quite delivering. Shared pleasantries with ramblers, elderly with dogs, and wise cracks with lock volunteers, younger, with validating logos and stories of herons.
Modern But Sadly Unbalanced Times
It was a challenge to hear much above the general hubbub, the incessant din, that suddenly appeared when the group stepped out of their training room and onto the sun-baked terrace.
An Overwhelming Feeling Of Melancholic Beauty
The clouds partly covered the late summer sunset a few weeks back on my last visit, but I could still see the rain on the horizon.
A Victim Of Travel Guide Hype?
Sometimes you get to visit a place for the first time and you find that, well, it’s not quite what you were hoping to find. A victim of travel guide hype, so to speak.
Black Lives Matter Because All Lives Matter
Such a powerful statement. And such a sad reflection of our modern society that we not only have to remind people of this but also defend and justify the need to say it.
A Few Thoughts On Getting Up Off Your Arse And Turning Your Television Off
We paused frequently for photographs but I fear that none will do justice to the fields of swaying wild flowers backed by moody hills and heavy clouds that we experienced.
Those Who Just Got Born Lucky
How can a place that looks and feels so peaceful have such a wretched past?
Perhaps A Simple Life Really Is All We Need
We may never come this way again.
A Monday Afternoon Conversation
“Quirky,” she said, “that’s what I always wanted to be.”
A Cure For Pandemic Grumpiness Perhaps
And that’s about as close as I can get to accurately describing how I feel most of the time these days. They seem to fluctuate, my emotions that is, in this energy sapping world of social denial and peer judgment that we have all been inhabiting for far too long.
For No Reason Other Than You Can
I’m sure many of us feel this way at times. Some of us more often than others, of course. Many of us blessed with a sense of personal awareness will know that what others think of us is irrelevant to keeping our own happiness at a healthy level. But we also know that there are times when such a view is just plain wrong.