Tag Archives: Travel

A Bit Of A Maddy

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Colin Galbraith

Took a bit of a maddy yesterday. I had a 9:30 meeting in Ratho on the very western edge of Edinburgh and managed to get there 1 hour and 10 minutes late. I TOTALLY buggered up the buses and managed … Continue reading →

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Manky Scotland

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Flickr A manky day, truly manky. It was below freezing for most of it, the overnight snow (yes, snow!) had iced up hard, and I nearly skidded onto my arse at least twice on my way into the day … Continue reading →

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Revving Up The Writing Engine

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: F1 Rewind Okay, so I’m back in the saddle and things are in a low gear, but I’m building up revs. It takes a fair amount of will power to get back into the swing of things properly after … Continue reading →

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Adam Ant and the Scottish Gales

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: MusicFeeds.com Short Story Success There was one awesome piece of news that came through last week while I was off recuperating from my wisdom teeth extraction: 11 months after it was first submitted, my short story, REGRETS, was picked … Continue reading →

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The Scotrail Sagas

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: BBC Online I felt quite ruffled yesterday. Having to be in Glasgow last night disrupted my planned schedule of events big time, and I felt frustrated with things all day. It meant I could get no work done at … Continue reading →

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How To Piss Off a Hungover Scot

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Matt Groening It’s been quite the few days. Two days in Glasgow full of fun and frolics, followed by a weekend of disruption and hard earned downtime, led me into this week feeling rather dishevelled. Monday, took a while … Continue reading →

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What If…?

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: BigMamaCass All that stuff about Leith in yesterday’s blog post has been building for a while. I had to get it off my chest. I go through good periods and bad periods with Leith (and to a lesser extent … Continue reading →

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I Fancy Holland

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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Pit Stop

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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Election Day: Use Your Vote

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Peter Greenberg Voting Day has arrived. The political parties have ceased their rounds, the leaders have returned home, the television has returned to normal (they aren’t allowed to run political reports on voting day because of impartiality rules) and … Continue reading →

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