“Travel is an essential part of official government business”

The Herald, 21 May 2023, news report: Scots Gov officials in £15k NY trip bill. I am sure that the Scottish Government would agree that the Scottish public should be … Continue reading “Travel is an essential part of official government business”

Hudson Yard Observation Deck

Isn’t this a wonderful photograph of the moon being viewed from 1296 feet above New York [as featured in the Scotsman, 1 December 2020]

Bottle washed ashore

In November 1857 this bottle, with a message inside, was washed ashore. Whitberry point is a few miles north of Dunbar.

Throwaway

In a search for “Freaks” for his waxworks at 101 Trongate, Glasgow, Albert Ernest Pickard set sail from Liverpool on the 4th August 1904. Aboard the RMS Carpathia he put … Continue reading Throwaway