Monday summer night in South London. 30 degrees at midnight. First heatwave and the heat is still dry. The place is heaving inside and out, people spilled out onto the pavement. In the corner, a whole load of guitars, mandolins, violins, musical saw, clarinet, bass and box drum. Shoes off, barefoot on the deck. Hollering […]
Charlie, the Ancient Mariner. Wanders the streets of Oban mumbling in tongues. He was on the CalMac ferry back from Mull. Everyone shifted subtly away from him and I sat listening to his words cupping a hot chocolate. The only thing I could understand was” “I come from Iona”. I asked boat staff about this, […]
Dalmally Station. Rocking chairs with sheepskins. Out of shot is the full size model cow and giant below. It’s feeling pretty rural now.
Nancy is a rescue dog from Battersea Dog’s Home. How, or why she ended up there, we will never know. All we know is that she is AMAZING. They said she was grumpy. She kind of can be a bit stroppy at times. Like when you tell her off for rolling in muddy puddles, or […]
On the way back to Edinburgh from North Berwick, I spotted this chap. He was dumping a sofa, and hence the roof down on the car. We saw him later pootling at a rather breakneck speed and waving to us as we left town.
Happy New Year. Bracing the wind on the bleak and soggy fields of Nottinghamshire. One of the dogs gets blown backwards every time she jumps in the air.