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Tag Archives: Bevvy
Merry Christmas Everyone
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone has a great time and Santa is kind to you all; eat well, play well, but above all, just enjoy. This blog will return in a couple of days. Colin xx
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged and Bevvy, Bevvy, Christmas, drink, Family, Father Christmas, Food, Drink and Bevvy, holidays, Santa, White Christmas
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Catch Up Pt. 1 – Biffy Clyro
Image: Princes Street: The scene of my trapeze-like fall It’s the final day of November, a month that has been full of research, excitement, fun, partying, the unforeseen, but little writing. After all that has happened this month, the final … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Bevvy, Biffy Clyro, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Glasgow, live music, rock gig, SECC, snow, travelling, Weather
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Still Got It
Image: celebritiesnews.info Wednesday catch-up: Day job was the day job. I met up with my wife for lunch. We ate soup and a roll in a car park near the Botanical Gardens. Such romance! In the evening I met up … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged alcohol, beer, Bevvy, Day Job, drinking, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, friends, funeral, Major Thomas Weir, pubs, vodka
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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Image: Unknown Saturday did not go as planned. The intention was quite simple: nip up town, buy a DVD, grab some coffee and read the paper. All went well until I tried to the buy the DVD, which I required … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Bill Clegg, Books, coffee shop, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, film critics, films, funeral, Hannibal Smith, night out, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, publication, Reading, rejections, The A-Team, The League of Ordinary Gentleman
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He Who Hoots With The Owls…
Image: Lindsey T Yesterday was a white wash and it was all my own fault. I take full blame—well, most of it—and accept the part I played in this particular downfall. Wednesday night was one of those nights you just … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel
Tagged Americans, Atlantic Ocean, beer, Bevvy, clothes shopping, drunk, Family, friends, Hangover, pubs, vodka, whisjy
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All Work And No Play And All That Jazz
Image: Spice London Yesterday was a blast. I spent some of the morning up in town doing some shopping for my parent’s visit later in the day, which naturally included a stop off in the coffee shop and a read … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Reading
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Books, coffee shop, drink, Family, Father's Day, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, gifts, hot and sunny, Internet, parents, Sunday dinner, Tropical Fish, visiting
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Scrabble Addiction
Image: Patrick Easter We have here a brief interlude in my Christmas/New Year holidays. Freshly passed is the Christmas holidays, packed with fun, food and frolics, and beyond today we have a real break away from home to let our … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged and Bevvy, Bevvy, Books, CDs, Christmas, drink, DVDs, Food, Drink and Bevvy, friends and family, Hogmanay, Holiday, Neay Year, Nintendo DS Lite, Only Fools and Horses, poor weather, presents, sales, scrabble, Shopping, snow, Trossachs, White Christmas
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Going Back To Zero
Image: YtseJam Photography ‘Tis the eve of Halloween and all around mysterious things are happening. Work has pretty much taken over everything I’ve been doing, and there are things happening in the day job just now that I must attend … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 
The Clothing Debate Part II
Image: Senior Money Memos I’m struggling to sleep again. The last two nights I was up after midnight in the knowledge I had to get up at 5am for work. As time dragged on, I started to feel the pressure … Continue reading →