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One Hand Clapping
3 weeks into the recovery now and I have to admit I’m feeling a lot more flexible and in a lot less pain than I envisaged at this point. Saying that I am being very careful and not extending myself in...
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4 Green Fingers and a Windswept Thumb
The ‘Blue House’, “Purdie Bunker” to the left of it, polythene sheeted beds warming for outdoor tomatoes and the ‘Kitchen Bed’ with Spring planted onions, carrots and beetroot. Rose roundels with...
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4 Green fingers and a Windswept Thumb – The April Garden Diary
After the rush of growth in a mini heatwave at the beginning of April it feels like everything has gone into slow motion in the garden.I had to get the fleeces and covers out a week or so ago when a...
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Four Green Fingers and a Windswept Thumb – Mid May Edition
The cascade of splashing water in the Japanese Garden pond can lull me into a trance sometimes. It’s slightly masked by the water margin foliage that’s doubled in recent weeks but that sound with a...
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Staring at Thistles – Thoughts on the 2017 General Election
I had a visit today from George Kerevan my local East Lothian MP with his good lady Angela and Chris who’s helping his campaign to be re-elected here. We’d been introduced by a mutual friend a month or...
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4 Green fingers and a Windswept Thumb – the midsummer update
Just recently I had a flashback to my childhood days and had one of those connection moments where I realised a subconscious link was happening. In the attic that was my playground as a very young boy,...
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Kelly’s Heroes 20/9/91
Out of the blue yesterday I got a text from my good friend Ted McKenna reminding me of our amazing day in Belfast in 91.We were promoting ‘Internal Exile’ and miming the single on ‘Kelly’, a hugely...
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Four Green Fingers and a Windswept thumb – The August Chronicles
I was reminded of just how far we are into this year when I started planting out Winter brassica and preparing the beds for Autumn onions.It’s been a trying summer with some of the fruit and veg really...
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SAS Band – Sturminster Newton, Portsmouth Guildhall
It was a strange experience walking out onto a stage again after such a long lay off and I was glad I’d had a wake up call at rehearsals the previous week as I was rusty to say the least. The flight...
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To Russia With Love ? Scotland Slovenia
And so like many of my fellow Scots we endure the strain of the countdown to today’s kick off in Slovenia at 5pm and the inevitable nail biting angst and suffering over 90 mins hoping we get the result...
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