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    no sleep till…

    Well I’m tired. After a week which has included some fairly athletic activity – far more than expected in fact, considering that the usual yearly pattern around now leans towards something of a slowdown; no sign of this yet! I can possibly blame a little of this at least on a spanking-new review on Captain 69, a members-only site which…

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    a tale of two cities…

    And another wonderful Edinburgh visit sadly reaches it’s end, although the leap from Leisurely to BusyBusy after nothing more than a brief train ride, a latte and a poppyseed muffin came not unsurprisingly as something of a shock to the system. I did eventually have to give in and let it all catch up, the result being my awakening on…

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    can’t say they didn’t warn me…

    Well time to pack up and I am happy to report that my Glasgow trip has been lots of fun, at least in the impromptu mini-break sense of the word! Having followed a visit to the Gallery of Modern Art with a pot of Darjeeling at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Willow Tea Rooms before spending the remainder of the beautiful…