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• Adventures in the Pentlands

  

  Normally on a Sunday morning I can be found pounding round the streets (dry weather only, obviously, I’m not that dedicated), but not this weekend. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Instagramers Anonymous: A Week in the Life

  

  Not sure if I mentioned it, but I got a new phone last weekend. One of the first apps I downloaded was Instagram and I have been addicted ever since. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 TRAVEL

• This Was Going To Be About Cherry Blossom

  

  Today’s post was originally going to be all about the blanket of cherry blossom that has covered Edinburgh for the last few weeks. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 TRAVEL

• This Was Going To Be About Cherry Blissom

  

  Today’s post was originally going to be all about the blanket of cherry blossom that has covered Edinburgh for last few weeks. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 TRAVEL

• My New Addiction – This Weekend in Photo

  

  I got a new toy at the weekend. Or to be a little more specific, I spent over two hours in the shop getting increasingly bored before their computer allowed the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 TRAVEL

• My New Addiction – This Weekend in Photos

  

  I got a new toy at the weekend. Or to be a little more specific, I spent over two hours in the shop getting increasingly bored before their computer allowed the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Who’s For Gin?

  

  “Well then, who’s for gin?” I think I can say with some confidence, that this is one of my favorite questions of all time. Let’s be honest, who’s not for gin? Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 TRAVEL

• A Sandy Beach, Hailstones and Accidental Curtain Shopping: Gullane

  

  “Why don’t we go to Gullane? It’s a good sunny day and we haven’t taken Keira [the dog] down there for a while”. That’s how it all started and where fate was... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Rocky Road Muffins – Cheering Up the Bank ‘Holiday’

  

  In case it somehow passed you by (I can only assume you’ve been in the wilderness without a diary [not sure why you would take a diary to the wilderness, but... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Easter ‘Baking’: Chocolate Nests

  

  It’s Easter Monday! This means two things: it’s a bank holiday and it’s probably raining. For once the latter of these doesn’t bother me as I decided to work an... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Easter Chocolate and Subtle Humour

  

  Chocolate, puns and a humours dig at the ridiculousness of the virtually obligatory ‘please don’t sue us’ warnings; let’s be honest there was very little... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 40: Playing the Tourist

  

  Well, this has been fun. But this is day 40 which means this photo challenge is now at an end. It’s also over a week early – I forgot that Sundays don’t count i... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 39: Spring is Definitely Here (and About Time Too!)

  

  Just before the start of Forty Days of Photos I mentioned that I thought the first signs of spring were beginning to come through. Well, now that it’s almost... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 38: What Represents a Saturday Morning?

  

  With the sun setting on another Friday evening another Saturday morning is on the cards. Whilst for many this is an exciting day full of fun and adventures – I... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 37: The Sun Continues to Shine (but for How Much Longer…)

  

  It’s Friday and the sun is shining. Wonderful. Here’s hoping it lasts until I get out of the office later this afternoon. I feel I’ve not really made this most... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 36: 5 Days to Go!

  

  Yes, it is day 36 which means there are only five more days of my photos to be endured. Then it can go back to a casual couple of posts a week. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 35: Sunny Days and Ruined Views

  

  When I took this photo yesterday morning (apart from the surprise in spotting a moment when there was no one on this part of Princes Street) I expected that... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 34: Night Time Edinburgh

  

  The other night whilst on my way home from Brewdog’s Edinburgh bar I came across a few interesting streets in the New Town – not far from the garden from day... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 33: Canals and Reflections

  

  Sunday afternoon dog walking hasn’t featured for a little while, so here was this weekend’s wander. Having let her run a lot on Saturday, Sunday was kept to a... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Day 32: Farmers’ Market

  

  Edinburgh, as I read somewhere (I’ve forgotten where, if I’m honest) the other day, has a ‘thriving market scene’. Farmers’ markets, craft markets, you name it... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 TRAVEL