Travelblog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sunday August 5th Thurso to the Isle of SkyeThis was pretty much a driving day about 240 miles I believe. We stopped every hour or less and stretched our legs and took pictures. We stopped at Betty Hill and mom and I picked out the house we were going to buy it overlooked Torrisdale Bay. We also stopped and took pictures of Loch Eriboll. The scenery was beautiful so between that and th
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Saturday August 4th ThursoI go down to breakfast a little later than mom and John and sit at a table with David and George. After about 15 minutes I give up on ever getting a waiter to take our order so I finish my cereal and take off for the room. Went to the Orkney Islands the most northern point in Scotland. We took a 40 minute ferry ride from John OrsquoGroats Dunnet Head to South
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Ben Stein writes on “Four lessons from the recession” in (19 November) in Fortune HERE which includes this observation: “ And another little note ... my much-missed father used to tell me with great approval Adam Smith's famous quote regarding prophecies of doom for America, "there is a lot of ruin in a nation ." Comment Another example of a famous quotation from Adam Smith...
A room of my own....... (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
When I was a girl, growing up in a small town in Lancashire, I was used to the sights and sounds of an industrial landscape. From my bedroom window, I could see a woollen-spinning mill complete with tall, mill chimney and the sound of churning machinery. On days when the industrial process began, the smell from the extraction of lanolin from the wool was appalling! This was just part of life... the...
James Gunn Photography (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The 2010 calendar competition run jointly by Photobox, Photo Pro and DSLR User magazines is now finalised and my photo of the new extension to Eden Court Theatre in Inverness has been selected from thousands of entries. Both magazines feature the 12 selected photos in their December 2009 issues and my photo is the one for March 2010. The A3 sized calendars cost £19.99 plus P&P and can be...
The Booth of Our Conniving (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Eighty-eight years earlier, the professor was lying in her crib in Scotland when a housekeeper in the next room dropped a vase she had been polishing. The vase shattered and the housekeeper was fired. As she packed up her few belongings, she decided to look for work in the house next door. She went next door and knocked on it (the door). A housekeeper answered. "Yes?" said the housekeeper....
Run for the hills (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
If the sun was the size of a man and located in the Glasgow Science Centre, Uranus would be in Thurso and would be roughly the size of a small coin. It's worthwhile pausing here and thinking - all that space! It just so happens that astronomy clubs throughout Scotland are roughly located where planets would be, so we have a Scottish Solar System . I went to a talk last night where I learnt this stuff....
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Those working in the construction industry are urged to come together in Thurso next week and attend a free safety awareness event. The Construction sector is one of the most dangerous industries in Scotland so the Working Well Together (WWT) campaign has organised an event specifically to address the issues faced by construction workers.
The Melangerie (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
When the election comes, we shall be voting for our local representative and not for the entire party. That, at least, is the theory, although the whipping system means that we cannot ignore the party as a whole. At the time of the election, I plan to publish a post giving my own views on the manifesto commitments of each party, but I thought it might be an idea to give a thumbs up or down for (some...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Transport police launch inquiry Three people have been killed when their car was hit by a passenger train on a level crossing in the Scottish Highlands. The collision happened in the village of Halkirk near Thurso in Caithness soon after 2pm today, when the car was hit by a northbound train at an unattended crossing on the single-track line from Inverness to Wick. The 18 passengers and four staff...
James Gunn Photography (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
The Thurso Camera Club is staging an exhibition of member's photos in Caithness Horizons from tomorrow until Sat 10th October. Over 50 photos are on display in the upstairs Art gallery. The top 10 are due to be selected to represent the club in the Highland Challenge photo competition, which is contested between all the camera clubs in the Highlands & Islands. Thurso has never won the competition,...
James Gunn Photography (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Michael MacDonald, Halkirk, was successful in the MacNab Challenge yesterday. Derived from a famous 1925 book by John Buchan entitled "John MacNab" the challenge is to bag a stag, brace of grouse and a salmon, all on the same day. Michael raised around £2,300 that will be split between two charities; Alzheimer's Scotland: The Couthie Corner, Thurso Palliative Care, Dunbar Hospital,...
James Gunn Photography (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
The annual Caithness Amateur Athlete Club charity relay race between Wick & Thurso was held today. The winning team won in 1 hour 56mins and is pictured above. 10 teams of at least six members took part. The charity that benefits is Alzheimer's Scotland: The Couthie Corner, Thurso and Longberry, Wick.
Wind Energy Planning (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
The BBC reported today that a contractor has died at a wind farm at the north eastern tip of Scotland. The incident happened whilst the contractor was carrying out routine maintenance work at Causeymire Wind Farm near Thurso. Emergency services rushed to the wind farm site just off the A9 at approximately 9am this morning
James Gunn Photography (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Wick beat Rothes 7-1 in the Highland League today. The Rothes keeper was sent off after 21 mins for a last man foul on David Allan. New signing Sam MacKay (above) made his full debut, scored a hat-trick and was voted man of the match. The fee paid to Deveronvale for Golspie based Sam was undisclosed, but it looks like a shrewd buy. Subs Gary Weir, Alan Farquhar and Ross Allan tormented the Rothes defence...
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