Checking out BBCs Domesday site
Discovered this week the BBC’s Domesday site, a description for the site: (taken from site) In 1986 the BBC launched an ambitious project to record a snapshot of everyday life across the UK for future generations. A million volunteers took part… Now, 25 years later you can explore the archive online, see the pictures, …
The Approvals – Inverness Road Trip
I wrote previously about our road trip to Inverness. While we were there we went to a local pub that had local bands on over the weekend. On the Friday night having just managed to get food there a band called “The Approvals” started playing. Official YouTube Clip I can say that this band is …
Road trip
Last weekend we decided to go on a bit of a road trip. We ended up in the city that’s famous for the Loch Ness Monster, Inverness. About a 5 minute walk away from the city centre is a very nice Bed and Breakfast called “Moyness Guesthouse”. We arrived to the guesthouse and found private …
Something you don’t see every day
As mentioned in my previous post we got a nice white Christmas this year with an impressive amount of snow. While walking back from the shops i managed to take this picture on my phone: I hope the snow continues to be with us till the new year. I am hoping to get up north …
It looks white, white, white
It wasn’t until a friend Simone on twitter stated about how it’d been snowing all night that I suddenly realised, I’ve not checked the weather reports for up north. Yes, this year I am late in checking out my usual winter haunts. Usually I am on top of any sign of snow fall up in …
What a pretty sight… Early Season?
Couple of days ago while checking out the Scottish resorts to see what the story was in relation to snow and nothing really stuck out. Today is a different matter. Taken from : Glencoe Mountains live feed – Click picture to enlarge Taken from : Cairngorm Mountains live feed – Click picture to enlarge Taken …
Update and What’s this white stuff falling?
Update It’s been over 2 weeks since I last posed on my blog and the reasons are simple, holiday and real life. Holiday to Majorca was fantastic, unfortunately the weather wasn’t that great but with old and new friends much fun was had. Yes, being British, chucking it down with rain and we’re all the …
Doing your bit for the environment?
When was the last time you recycled? Today, yesterday, last week? I have 2 recycling centres very close to me so I recycle as much as I can. We’ve all got 3 or 4 different coloured bins/boxes for paper, glass, plants and general waste, so we all do as much as we can. However want …
Road Trip Apr 08 – Scottish Snowboarding.
Baz and I decided that we would fire up north Yesterday to the Nevis Range. On the morning looked out the window. Weathers not too bad, checked weather report for Nevis all’s well. At 7am we manage to get petrol and start our journey north. Not too far into the trip and voila snow. Wasn’t …