Jim's General

4th of November

by on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

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Well folks, Im just recovering from destroying my laptop by dropping my phone through its screen. That was two weeks ago back in Scotland and I’m now on tour in The US. I’ve just got back to where I was with computers and cameras.This snap was taken yesterday in Arizona and I am now in New Mexico. Big thanks to Mel and Chris in Tucson, Chris built my web sight and helped me set up my new lap top.
I’ve got quite a lot of catching up to do including a family trip to London with a visit to Warner Studios where Harry Potter was filmed…
And Happy Birthday my big sis Alison…enjoy your fireworks!

13th of October

by on Sunday, October 13th, 2013

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October Hols are upon us which means trips have to be organised to avoid serious indolence…Here we are boarding the Sir Walter Scott for a sail up Loch Katrine.
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But its not all fun and games because we have to cycle back to civilisation…
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Leaving Trossach Pier…
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The vessel is a proper steam ship built in the late 1800s.. here is the engine…
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These peaks are grandly known as the Trossach Alps…
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Looking south down the Loch from Stronallachar where the boat drops us off for a 14 mile cycle back down the loch..
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The island where of Sir Walter’s epic poem Lady of the Lake is set
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Beth was the first to get back to base camp..

by on Friday, October 11th, 2013

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Waikiki? no it’s Aberdeen Beach but the surf’s up!
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The beautiful River Earn.
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View of the Earn from Dupplin, just south of the Fair City.

4th of October

by on Friday, October 4th, 2013

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From Birnam Wood to Dunsinane…..we live very close to Dunsinane the setting of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and where the real MacBeth had his stronghold. We went to see the play at Perth theatre last night.
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Lady MacBeth….
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A cracking picture.. had to go down to London and took this picture of a wee train at Perth Station. Butt I got more….
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Not easy to take a picture of the Forth bridge when you are travelling across it…
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Potter fans queue up to have their pictures taken at Platform 93/4 in Kings Cross Station….

27th of September

by on Friday, September 27th, 2013

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Had a great gig last night at Crail Folk Club in Fife. It’s a beautiful fishing village..
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Crail Harbour
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A cheeky wee saltire…
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Lovely old cobbled streets and winds…
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Very distinctive red pan-tiles instead of slate..
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Famed for it’s seafood…
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Doo’s nesting in old rafter holes..
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Two famous volcanic lumps looking south across the Firth of Forth. On the left the Bass Rock whightened by an astonishing collection of gannet droppings. To the right Berwick Law, just behind the town of North Berwick.