St Giles, Edinburgh, tonight.

Edinburgh Castle from St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard tonight…

After a couple of rubbish weather days this was better news this morning in Cromarty…

Crazy cheap - I’m guessing U.K. only…

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I love this guy’s soundscapes. Going to try to get to more than one of these…

Walked up The Paye in Cromarty to the Gaelic Chapel…

Cromarty this lunchtime. Still not too shabby…

Cromarty Courthouse at dusk.

Cromarty Sunday afternoon…

Good morning from Cromarty.

Cromarty today…

Lovely afternoon walk in Pitlochry. I’m appearing at Winter Words Festival this evening.

Monday lunchtime, Bruntsfield Links, with Edinburgh Castle on the horizon.

Busy at Brown’s Place this afternoon…

Out and about in Edinburgh this evening.

Edinburgh this evening. Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument…

Muriel’s birthday: February 1st.

For those asking, this is what I was sipping in the Bow Bar this evening. Not cheap but sensational…

I love the Bow Bar on Victoria Street - especially when one of the window tables is free!

Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, 6pm.

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Son got me this for Christmas. It’s gossipy, cerebral, filled with insights. Eno really is one of a very special kind.

The Elephant House Cafe on George IV Bridge has reopened and now boasts author portraits in the back room…

Brown’s Place this evening.

Edinburgh Castle this afternoon.

Out for a random wander through Edinburgh…

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The usual welcome at Belfast International Airport…

Lisbon, New Year’s Day. My feeling is, the decorator misheard the word ‘brasserie’…

I’m in Lisbon for New Year…

Stumbled across this book in a hotel on Lanzarote. Might give it a go…

Spent today on Gran Canaria.

Spending Boxing Day in Funchal, Madeira…

Christmas Eve in Cadiz…

A man needs a hobby…

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Walking through Saint Cuthbert’s Kirkyard yesterday late-afternoon…

Still beautiful though…

Not as many tourists as usual taking photos from Brown’s Place tonight…

Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, 10pm Saturday…

Got my Christmas tree up!

Edinburgh at midnight yesterday…

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Edinburgh Castle this afternoon, taken from Saint Cuthbert’s Kirkyard…

South Gray’s Close, Edinburgh, tonight.

Dunbar’s Close Garden - a haven off the Canongate. Worth a detour…

Any authors on here had an e mail regarding the Anthropic lawsuit? I’m trying to decide if it’s authentic…

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Took a walk this afternoon. Hard to escape the Castle in central Edinburgh…