Late night shopping eh? It takes on a different edge in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Crowds five deep, an air of slight panic among the shoppers – and the shop staff, who are piling on the discounts to get people through the door. But this is Edinburgh, and the setting is a definite incentive …
Category archives: Travel
Reading rats and book worms
Sometimes, a title comes to me, and I know I have to use it. I’ll bung it down in the notebook, waiting for a point at which I can write about it. And following a holiday to a house whose inhabitants love books just as much as Dan and I, it seems a suitable time. …
Board games for grownups
I’m going to lay my cards on the table straight out – as well as beginning the gaming metaphors – and confirm that I was a bad loser at board games as a child. And so I stopped. Unattracted as I was, equally, to other people being openly competitive, there wasn’t much reason to start again. …
Pre-dressed salad and other social ills
Social ill is a bit harsh. But it’s interesting going out for a meal in another country – particularly a European country, given the ongoing belief in the UK that we still eat worse than our European counterparts – and think you could have done better at home. Targets on the list? France is rather …
Which planet do you like best?
It’s a serious question when you’re eight, going on nine. Things are not just out there. You need to know whether you like them or not. R and D’s eldest is keen on space. She and Dan had fun setting up her telescope while we were there, and while you or I may be struggling …