A Dead Good Blog

 As many of you may be aware I am a keen hillwalker/ hiker. My days of actually backpacking are now over since I am not able to carry all th...

As you might imagine when I am hillwalking I come across many waterfalls. Some are stupendous like the Grey Mare's Tail near Moffat...o...

Birdsong always stops me in my tracks. I will take time to listen, wonder and very often video , just the sound. For birdsong is a dwindling...

Well, once again I am going to feature the cat that visited me for four years. It was a surprise, for I had only recently buried my well-lov...

I just adore fresh, crisp snow - not that we get much of that down here! The first sign of a snowflake and I put boots, gloves, hat and quil...

A Yellow Day I followed the mountain trail waymarked in yellow To a meadow of dandelions - so yellow and mellow. The colour amazed me a...

Well readers. It was quite a challenging topic this week. I had a notebook on the coffee table and kept jotting down ideas and the odd line....

Well I couldn't really pass up the opportunity of talking about whisky! Part of the allure of the holiday flat I let out was that we wer...

As you probably know already I attended a Junior Secondary school, having failed 11plus. However, this school was very progressive and we we...

There is something fascinating about collections of buttons...a bit like looking at precious stones. You want to rummage through them, admir...

This word has a few uses. We talk about...a class act...a classy outfit...having class...first class to third class... in a class of its own...