From recent days: the Great Stripping of 70 years’ worth of wallpaper and paint continues. The brown paper stuff beneath the main layer of wallpaper (itself buried under layers of paint) smells of a bygone era, exactly like an ancient board game you might find sitting in your grandparents’ attic

St Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh from a couple of weeks ago during a chilly winter’s night, forgot to skeet this #Edinburgh #Scotland #winter

Winter in Dunfermline #winter #snow #Dunfermline #Fife #Scotland

Mandatory yearly dose of autumnal colours of the Glen #Dunfermline #PittencrieffPark #Fife #Scotland #autumn

Hello Chicago

Slow news month. Met this legal eagle in the Jolly Judge on the Royal Mile recently

Going for a run after work makes my midweek sleeps so profoundly deep and refreshing

Photos from a lovely evening last week from my trip to London, strolling through Greenwich #PintsByTheThames #London

A butter chicken arancino from last week in Kentish Town #London #IndianItalianFusion

Out for a gargantuan takeaway coffee and a stroll in the warm spring sunshine before working from home today #Dunfermline

How have I only just discovered the singer Tamaryn omg

Stopped by Mosob in Glasgow last night for my first ever experience of Ethiopian food. It did not disappoint - fabulously fresh and flavourful food - washed down with a few Ethiopian beers which were nae bad either

This evening in Chicago, IL

Went for a walk through the frozen wastes of Milwaukee today, and though the Lakeshore State Park on the shore of Lake Michigan It’s currently the warmest it’s been so far on this trip, a balmy -3°C

With beer we stand united against Russian aggression #LakefrontBrewery #Milwaukee #Wisconsin

Sunset in Kiel, WI

A Wisconsin-style Old Fashioned, garnished with pickled Brussels sprouts

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😳🌍🔥

Me: [to waiter] "How do you prepare your duck?" Waiter: "Nothing special, we just tell them they're going to die."

Dunfermline Public Park under a chilly fog this evening. An atmospheric winter’s night! #Dunfermline #Fife #Scotland #Winter

Dusky views from St. Cuthbert’s Kirkyard over the weekend #Edinburgh #Scotland

Monday morning today in Croydon, off to my job at JLB Credit

Finally made it to blues night at The Pelton Arms in Greenwich last night. Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze fame) showed up and jammed away on various tracks

A tremendously delicious okonomiyaki I enjoyed scarfing down yesterday evening at Okan, an izakaya near Waterloo

A list of bands in order of efficacy: 3. Placebo 2. The Cure 1. Prevention

A stroll today took me through Camden, Holborn and down into London’s West End. A crisp but clear late autumnal day

Thoroughly enjoyed watching The Getdown Services at The Lexington in London last night with old friends from back in the day, wonderful time 🤩

Off to London tomorrow, who’s about?

Views from this afternoon’s walk through Balgownie Wood, in Fife, with good company - both human, and canine #autumnviews #nature #Scotland #Fife

Now I do enjoy a good dose of foss, preferably at least once a decade

And breathe…