2023-08-27 08:00
I fancied reading another whodunnit murder mystery so jumped into Death and Croissants, the first installment in the Follet Vally Mysteries series by Ian Moore.Englishman and early-retiree… Read More
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You know when stuff gets thrown into a box, just in case it might be useful at some point in the future, well this is one of those things.
2023-08-26 17:54
With the weather looking a bit changeable, we went to the cinema to see Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible film series.This sto… Read More
2023-08-21 17:30
The weather brightened up yesterday so we went for a local walk over to the wooded path around Neilston View Car Park, which is in Mossneuk Wood on the Lochliboside Hills. I'd never heard th… Read More
2023-08-14 18:31
The walk from Neilston up to the Kissing Tree on Fereneze Braes via Killoch Glen is just over five miles there and back (six if you return via Gateside), which should take you about two hour… Read More
2023-08-05 08:56
After a long wait due to the weather not being ideal, The group finally got to visit Harelaw Dam for an outdoor breakfast at the Harelaw Trout Fishery & Café. This one has been on… Read More
2023-08-02 17:30
Meantime is a dark, funny, and thought-provoking debut fiction novel from comedian Frankie Boyle.The story follows Felix McAveety, a currently-unemployed Glaswegian of Irish descent with a b… Read More
2023-07-31 22:41
Over the years I've used several methods to Geotag my photos. The wee Sony point-and-shoot camera that I carry around in my bag every day has GPS built-in but my Canon dSLR doesn't so that… Read More
2023-07-31 17:30
Have you ever been out walking or climbing and taken some photos of what you think is some stunning scenery but have no idea what hills or mountains you're looking at?Thankfully, there are a… Read More
2023-07-31 16:01
Walking is good for you and helps keep you healthy and fit so I thought I’d list a few useful online and mobile resources that can be used to track what you do and how you’re doi… Read More
2023-07-23 13:11
The Neilston Men's Group recently visited The Burrell Collection in Glasgow. The collection of artworks, then valued at about one million pounds, was donated to the City of Glasgow by Sir Wi… Read More
2023-07-19 16:50
We went to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth installment in the Indiana Jones film series whuich has had a mixed reviews from critics but I'm glad we ignored any of them a… Read More
2023-07-10 14:47
The Satsuma Complex is the debut fiction novel by Bob Mortimer, the comedian and presenter best known for his work with Vic Reeves and fishing adventures with Paul Whitehouse.It’s a da… Read More
2023-07-01 22:53
Gailes Beach in Irvine is a place we regularly go for a walk or just to chill out. It's only 30 minutes drive away from Neilston so is much closer than Fuerteventura or Crete. Okay, those ma… Read More
2023-07-01 15:16
A Death in the Parish is another Canon Clement mystery and the follow up to Murder Before Evensong.Set some months after the first novel, things in Champton St. Mary are just beginning to re… Read More
2023-06-25 16:38
Lorna was reading this on holiday and, having had to put with quite a few chortles, I thought I'd give it a read as well. Set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the tale follows Vera W… Read More
2023-06-23 23:43
The Neilston Men's Group visited the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) in Nitshill today. The GMRC is basically the storehouse for the city museums' collections, when they're not on dis… Read More
2023-06-23 21:18
After waiting for weeks to go and see this, the weather finally let up and it felt cool enough to go sit in a dark cinema and enjoy it. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and rest of the team fr… Read More
2023-06-22 11:44
Death Comes to Marlow is the second book in Robert Thorogood's Marlow Murder Club series, and it’s just as much fun as the first. The book follows Judith, Suzie, and Becks, three local… Read More
2023-06-22 10:27
A Pen Dipped in Poison by J.M. Hall is the sequel to the popular cosy mystery A Spoonful of Murder. In this instalment, retired schoolteachers and now amateur sleuths Liz, Pat, and Thelma ar… Read More
2023-06-21 23:03
It was nice to be back up on the Moray coast for a week's break. We were staying in the wee village of Findochty (also sometimes called Finechty) so our first walk was from there to the… Read More
2023-06-07 14:16
The Marlow Murder Club is a charming and well-written mystery novel by Robert Thorogood, the creator of the Death in Paradise TV series, set in a little Buckinghamshire town on the River Tha… Read More
2023-06-04 21:32
With the weather being so nice today, we had a walk up to Harelaw Dam, knowing full well that there's a nice wee coffee shop up there where you can sit outside and enjoy the view..
Harelaw… Read More
2023-06-03 13:18
Lorna decided we'd watch something different the other evening so, after some prodding, I gave in and jumped onto Netflix and let her have a trawl through the offerings. She came up with&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-06-03 12:52
A Spoonful of Murder by J.M. Hall is a cozy mystery novel set in Yorkshire. The story follows three retired school teachers, Liz, Thelma, and Pat, who become amateur sleuths after their frie… Read More
2023-06-01 22:51
The Neilston Men's Group's first outing was to J&M Murdoch's Transport Museum, which has its home in what was originally Neilston's Crofthead Mill, which was built in 1881. The mill and… Read More
2023-06-01 19:45
The Reverend Richard Coles's debut novel, Murder Before Evensong, is a cozy mystery set in the English village of Champton St Mary. The book follows Canon Daniel Clement, the rector of the v… Read More
2023-05-30 21:11
The Neilston Men's Group recently visited Lochwinnoch RSPB Nature Reserve, one of the few wetlands left in the West of Scotland, and had an enjoyable time. The group met at the reserve's vis… Read More
2023-05-30 13:47
The Neilston Men's Group recently visited Whitelee Wind Farm, the UK’s largest onshore wind farm. Located on Eaglesham Moor, its 215 turbines generate up to 539 megawatts of electricit… Read More
2016-08-28 16:58
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2016-03-19 18:53
Despite the weather forecast predicting a miserable day, we woke up to a sunny and seriously cold morning, all blue skied and bright, so after lunch we drove over the slightly scary r… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A couple of very useful tools for the photographers this time and a few other interesting finds… PhotographyJPEGminiA free, online image editing utility boasting that it can redu… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Not a great deal of new sites this week. A music streamer, some aeroplane seating guides and an esoteric, arty colour tool.JamCloudA free social media discovery too that lets you play… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Quite a few online writing aids this week, a price comparison site, a web photo slideshow and a book recommendation engine.SpellCheckPlusA free, online spelling and grammar checker for Engli… Read More
2014-02-17 16:08
If you write English language content intended for someone else to read (blogs, web articles, reports, novels, etc.), then there are some very useful and free, online tools available…… Read More
2011-08-14 13:30
This week, we have a few useful book/e-book oriented sites, a utility to find lost or stolen cameras and a general information site. BookCascade.comtags: book pricecomparison ukA useful book… Read More
2011-08-07 13:30
AUPEO! UK Create your own online radio station by choosing the music genre or music similar to an artist.tags: free web streaming… Read More
2010-03-25 13:54
If you've ever fancied making some of your photographs look like they were taken in a bygone age, then check out the Bakumatsu Koshashin Generator from Wanokoto Labs in Japan. This free web… Read More
2009-07-12 10:11
We recently went on holiday to Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. For anyone thinking "doesn't he mean Majorca?" Well, yes you can call it that if you want but t… Read More
2009-02-15 21:00
Sunday again and the weather isn't great but still decent enough for a stroll by Castle Semple Loch near Lochwinnoch.Castle Semple Loch, looking towards Kenmuir Hill TempleIt's still cold so… Read More
2009-02-08 21:49
It was a cold and potentially snowy Sunday and we'd wanted to go for a walk up Ben Lomond as it looked spectacular on the Saturday, all cloaked in white. Unfortunately, it was completely hid… Read More
2009-01-27 18:38
As the weather was pretty naff on Sunday, we wandered into Glasgow town centre to do a bit of shopping. It's my birthday soon and Lorna was trying to squeeze some gift ideas out of me. Anywa… Read More
2009-01-05 19:24
We went to see the latest James Bond movie at the weekend - Quantum Of Solace. Despite the odd title, it's the sequel to Casino Royale (the second one) and starts off from where that finishe… Read More
2009-01-04 13:18
I got tagged by my boss's boss's boss in the chain blog meme about listing seven unknown things about yourself that's doing the rounds of the blogging circle. So, here's my seven…I do… Read More
2009-01-01 13:54
Another year dawns and we're all that wee bit older although probably not that wiser. We spent last night in George Square in the centre of Glasgow at the Winterfest Hogmanay celebrations.We… Read More
2008-12-29 14:24
I've been diverted recently from blogging by the likes of Twitter, FriendFeed, a real life, etc. but I quite fancy getting back to jotting down some thoughts again. Mind you I also bought my… Read More
2008-11-18 17:34
On our way down to Crookston Castle on Sunday we passed by the entrance to Ross Hall Park, yet another place we'd never been before. It's one of over 90 public parks and gardens in Glasgow a… Read More
2008-11-16 23:45
Another sunny Sunday but I had a bit of a headache, which I suspect was caused by a toxic Domino's pizza from the night before. So, unwilling to drive far with a sore head, we decided to str… Read More
2008-11-08 08:44
We went along to the Glasgow annual Guy Fawkes Night fireworks display at Glasgow Green on Thursday night, which was the 6th of November and not the 5th as is traditional. It was delayed a… Read More
2008-11-02 23:43
With the weather looking reasonable and it being a Sunday, we hopped in the car and headed for the Trossachs for a wander in the forest, specifically around the David Marshall Lodge near Abe… Read More
2008-10-28 18:28
Got a hold of a copy of Snow Patrol album - A Hundred Million Suns today. I've already got some of their earlier work such as Eyes Open and Final Straw and quite liked both of those so I'm h… Read More
2008-10-26 19:35
We're not long back from a couple of weeks on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, hence the lack of posts here lately. Following right on from that I got hit with a pretty bad cold and thro… Read More
2008-09-07 22:28
I've just come across a site called Virtual Apple ][ and that got me feeling nostalgic about playing some of the classic videogames from that era and how I got into computing in general. Ba… Read More
2008-08-24 23:11
It was a dull and cloudy Sunday afternoon but we decided to head out anyway and take a walk up in the Overtoun Estate above the town of Dumbarton. I lived in Dumbarton for about 12 years and… Read More
2008-08-18 23:16
It was a Sunday that looked like rain and we couldn't risk going too far so we ended up driving over to Cardross to spend a few hours in whatever decent weather we had left of the day in Gei… Read More
2008-08-18 22:15
Mugdock Loch and CastleLorna had checked the weather maps on Saturday night and predicted that there would be a hole in the cloud on Sunday afternoon over the Glasgow area so we might very w… Read More
2008-08-17 21:44
I've just discovered Darckr, a free web application for displaying and acting upon Flickr images. In essence, Darckr is a streaming Flickr viewer that will allow you to customize how you vie… Read More
2008-08-13 23:08
Well I finally did it! I managed to delete an entire photo-shoot from both my computer and the memory card they were on. It was one of those really easily done things; I'd just imported the… Read More
2008-08-04 18:53
Given the financial insanity of buying a digital photo printer for occasional home use, I was hunting around for a price comparison site for photo printing services and found printRates.com… Read More
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