My trusty Garmin 305 died a sudden and unexpected death earlier this month. After a great run with my running club, I sync’d up, and forgot about it. When I next went to go running, it didn’t respond, despite trying the reset buttons, and even letting it sit about for days trying to drain the [...]
Well, it’s now a done deal. A little over a week ago last Saturday, Frances and I finally (after 8 years together) tied the knot, and got married. We were in a beautiful setting in the Trossachs, with (thankfully) wonderful weather, and surrounded by friends and family. We really couldn’t have asked for a better [...]
I try to make a point of writing up all experiences where I feel strongly positive, or negative about something, for restaurants, shops, service, software and so on. Recent comments on a thread, and search engine hits I’ve been getting on another, have focused my attention on some of my previous negative posts, so [...]
With our wedding in April, a lot of friends and family will be travelling a long way to come and see us, so we want to encourage people who’ve perhaps not visited Glasgow or the west of Scotland before to see some of the highlights of the area, if they have time in their schedule. I’ve [...]
The council, in it’s dismissal of the Save Pollok Park campaign - like to suggest its opposition to Go Ape in Pollok Park is a negative, single-issue campaign, devoid of constructive suggestions for how the council could meet it’s goals and targets to improve the use of the park. So to counter that, I thought [...]
So we’ve finally got our honeymoon booked, and we’re really quite excited by what we’ve got planned. We’d always wanted to go somewhere that wasn’t too far, and didn’t involve a complicated flight change, or risk of long delays. Unfortunately, there weren’t quite as many destination options from Glasgow or Edinburgh as we’d hoped for [...]
Sad but hardly shocking news that the lemmings at Glasgow council have approved the Go Ape proposal. The BBC covers the story, and gives the final vote as 14 in favour, 6 against. I gather this includes a number of SNP councillors, which shows the ineptitude is not even along party lines. This clearly demonstrates we [...]
I consider myself an ethical shopper. I endeavour where practical to choose food products that are raised in a considerate and compassionate way, with a concern for the long term sustainability of the product and our environment. This includes local producers (at Glasgow’s Farmers markets), supermarket badged UK Organic produce, or Free range. I’m [...]
I enjoy taking photographs, but frustratingly I am not always particularly inspired, or don’t get struck by particularly good ideas. That’s perhaps why I’m a technologist, rather than an artist. Also it’s one of the reasons I enjoy candid photography, but that causes me problems as I get very nervous about sticking a camera in [...]
Bits and pieces
All go at the moment, so only time for a brief update: Wedding plans are proceeding well. We’re being cautioned by friends to stay calm as the day approaches, and I think we are managing that quite well. Got quite excited picking up the rings, as well as getting to see the finished product for something [...]