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Tag Archives: Portugal
Absolute Madness
Image: Disko Duck Behold, at the end of this post you will find a short slideshow of the best of my photographs taken in Portugal between the 17th and 31st July. Some are stupid, some are arty and some can … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Music, Photography, Writing
Tagged Edinburgh Book Festival, GDR's, gigs, Holiday, Madness, Mogwai, Music, NaNoWriMo, photographs, Portugal, Writing
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NaNoWriMo Possibility?
Image: Black Knight I mentioned yesterday that my wife only took a handful of photographs while in Portugal but the ones she did take were of a sunset. Well, I took some too, quite a few in fact, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged Algarve, crime fiction, dreams, Every Day Poets, Fiction, Freddie Starr, GDR's, Goals, Holiday, Photography, planning, Poetry, Portugal, publication, Resolutions, story inspiration, Writing
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Moving Up The Gears
Image: ralphbijker Still struggling to get myself back into sync. I feel totally lackadaisical and uninspired with everything except literature. Call it the holiday blues without wishing I was actually back there by the pool. I’m still on a high … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Travel, Writing
Tagged Albuifera, Algarve, Animals, bull fight, Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, emails. blogs, GDR's, Holiday, holiday blues, Old Town, Portugal, Shopping, Vilamoura, Writing New Year
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Welcome Home Colly
Image: Sue Elias At times, I had no clue what time of the day it was never mind the day of the week. And that was when the holiday hit its peak for me. This past year has been very … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel
Tagged Algarve, beaches, Books, Holiday, Mediterranean, poolside, Portugal, Reading, summer holiday, vacation
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I Fancy Holland
Image: Jan Ramroth I found myself on the bus going through Edinburgh at the unfeasibly early time of 6:30am yesterday morning. I was to spend the day working in an unfamiliar building on the other side of Edinburgh and it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Reading, Sport, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Books, buses, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, fiction competitions, Football, Holiday, Holland, Netherlands, poetry competitions, Portugal, Reading, Sleep, soccer, Travel, Val McDermid, weekend, World Cup, World Cup Final, Writing
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Pit Stop
Image: TRF1 I started to feel quite run down towards the end of last week and after my last blog post on Saturday felt really quite rubbish. So I downed tools and took a pit stop, a little time out … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 