Category: friends
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Clearing out the TARDIS
We have a big shed. Someone nicknamed it the TARDIS. Over the past two years, we’ve put stuff in there to “sort out” but we’ve never properly sorted it out. Luckily, Ian offered to take stuff to the skip (Riverside Recycling Centre) with me. We had a few bags to fill the car but it…
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Exploring Reekie Linn
Today we went with our friend Ian up to Reekie Linn for an afternoon to enjoy the extended sunshine we’ve been experiencing recently. Through the countryside and up past Alyth on the B954, you turn off the road just over the bridge find a grassy area at the Reekie Linn car park. There are picnic…
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Catch up
Just off the phone with one of my long-time friends, Gareth. We can go a long time without chatting but a few minutes on the phone and we’re back up to speed. I hadn’t realised it had been six months since we met up for coffee at Henry’s. To quote his oft-used phrase – Always a…
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The Smokie and The Souter
The first time I met Scott, was the same as the last time. In fact, the same as every time. He walked in sheepishly to the reception of the Union in Dundee, looking for someone to speak to. Or rather waiting for someone to speak to him. And there it was. The single raised hand…
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