Recent content by Capt Lightning

Debodun, you live in luxury compared to my village. Not so long ago, the village had two shops, a garage, a school, church etc, but now all gone. The village was founded in 1760 and in time, became well known for making shoes. There is still 'Souter's cottage in the village. (Souter is the...

It took me a while to get used to my neighbours. For a start, this is a small village where most people had been here for years and knew one another. Now after 20 years, they still assume that I know everyone and their family trees, while in fact, I've got no idea who they are talking about...

Survived another session with the physiotherapist today and now I feel like I've fallen down a flight of concrete steps - and hit every one! This guy , and his wife, worked for the NHS, and the military before going private. He's totally 'hyper' ' but seems to be highly qualified and...

One year, a badger set up home under our summer house. From there, it proceeded to dig up and eat tulip bulbs followed by our strawberries.

When our daughter visits us, she always mentions how cheap housing is here. This is not strictly true because there is a large spread of prices depending on location, age of property etc. You can buy an older style house that requires updating for £150k, but a modern house of similar size in...

Off to the theatre today for another Pint, a pie and a play. The 1 hour play was one of the best I have seen, bearing in mind that it was '3 hander' written and performed by local writers. On the way back to the bus, my knee started to ache, and be the time we got home, it was really quite...

I think that my closest friends have either emigrated or passed away. Of course, should one of them try to check up on me, they would find that I had moved from one end of the country, to the other and back.

It's looking pretty good here after a spell of cold winds. I'm taking it easy after a physio session yesterday which has left me exhausted. I hope I'm OK for tomorrow as it's off to another play in the Lemon tree theatre in Aberdeen. I see the oil seed rape is blooming here too, though not as...

Some of our furry friends enjoy dressing up for the Spring holiday. Here we have, Pirate bear, MooCoo and Max. At front, Professor Bear and Mr.Mouse. Costumes were made by Professor Lightning.

Scotland never had Sunday trading laws as such, but for many years shops would have closed on Sundays in deference to the Presbyterian church. Now Sunday is just another day.

Much better than being wished an unhappy one.

It's very quiet here today, not that anything exciting tends to happen. The overnight storm (storm Dave) has abated and there appears to have been no real damage. There was some snow yesterday, but it didn't last and It's still very cold so not exactly spring weather. I've put on some...

I can't say that I was always an atheist, because like many (perhaps most) people, I had my parent's views stuffed down my throat from an early age. It's only after a while that you learn to examine these views and make up your mind about them. My parents could never explain their blind...

Bright and sunny this morning, but very cold. Went to the beach for a walk but didn't stop too long. No plans for the rest of the day. Fish and chips for dinner this evening.

I'm glad I don't have any religious beliefs. I'm prepared to accept that 2000 odd years ago, there was an itinerant preacher known as Jesus, but that's as far as it goes. In recent years, in the UK, religious belief and church attendance has shown a steady decline leading, as some predict, to...