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Last week I drove west across Scotland to visit friends in Argyllshire. My route from St Andrews was A915 – A911 – A91 – A811– A814 – A83 – A819 – A85. The return route from Oban was primarily along the A85. After stopping for a light breakfast picnic at approximately 9.30 a.m. on theContinue reading “COAST TO COAST”

It’s harvest time in the northern hemisphere. Compared to last year my own small garden is much more abundant. From a patch of weed infested ornamental gravel to an experimental vegetable plot there is sufficient evidence that next year could be even more fruitful. The first borsch of the autumn/winter season included red beet andContinue reading “HARVEST TIME”

The academic year has just re-started here in St Andrews. When the University of St Andrews students are present there is probably no other place on earth where the average age is lower. Before the students arrive the town has a population of approximately 17,000 people. With slightly more than 10,000 students by 2020 figures,Continue reading “St Andrews and beyond”

During the last few days, we have added a ‘Shops’ page here One of the Shops that produce their own natural cosmetics reminds us that our skin is the largest organ of the physical body. This prompted me to complete an article I started a few months ago, about one of the best investments IContinue reading “BANYA”

St David’s Head is not quite the most westerly point of Wales. Located approximately 3 miles northwest of Britain’s smallest city, St David’s is named after David the Patron Saint of Wales whose resting place is St David’s Cathedral. St David’s Head is reached by travelling to St David’s then following the narrow B4583 toContinue reading “St David’s Head, a place of power”

Before starting this pictorial trip around England and Wales a reminder that before crossing the border into England I stopped in the Scottish town of Haddington to visit the birthplace of the Reformation leader John Knox, if you haven’t already you can read an article about that here. It was my recent good fortune toContinue reading “Do pictures speak 1000 words?”

Before the main piece, three brief stories. HORSES & CARS A few days ago, while walking on the promenade of an English seaside town the smell of horses was obvious even when these horses that pull the tourist carriages were elsewhere. This reminded me of an article I read recently. It focused on the adventContinue reading “ACCESS and TRANSFORMATION”

During a holiday in the Norwegian Fjords my father bought a souvenir he was very fond of and often quoted. It showed an old man and a young man beside the words, ‘Ve get too soon olte, und too late schmart’. There is of course only one certainty there, nothing to do with schmart. ThisContinue reading “JOHN KNOX”

My interest in Location Astrology began over 20 years ago. Since then, I have studied the charts and maps of many people. An interesting coincidence is that almost everyone whose chart I have studied shares a dark and mysterious ♆♇Neptune Pluto combination on the latitude of Scotland A large part of my life has beenContinue reading “ARE WE ALL SCOTTISH?”

Halcyon Days Several responses to last week’s article were received from members of the ‘Gurdjieff community’. I must stand corrected. It was pointed out to me that the main reason for the loss of the benefits to mankind of the labours of ‘The Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash’ was not exactly as I had stated. MyContinue reading “THE BEST LAID PLANS…….”