🚨Watch Dr Grace Brown explaining the ROSCO rip-off. 🤑Private rolling stock companies extracted at least £410 million in profits in 2023, and at least £360 million a year for the last decade. The new Rail Bill means the ROSCO gravy train keeps rolling, extracting huge profits from passengers.

Not a great pic, and not a bonnie day, but it’s always cheering when ‘Curious Bob’ the seal pops up for a gander.

I am not religious, nor do I really believe in fate, but how else can it be possible that I should meet and marry a woman who often describes me as ‘the best’ and ‘really good’ at all of the tasks she doesn’t really fancy doing? Kismet, I guess.

That’s going to be a firm ‘no’ from me.

This is Starmer all over, imo.

Trying my hand at this nature writing malarkey.

Posting again just to underline the fact that the X algorithm is VERY CLEARLY DESIGNED to feed far right material to new users… It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.

This meeting could have been a veiled threat, communicated solely by floral bouquets being sent back and forth, utilizing the Victorian language of flowers.

I still can’t believe when I hear people discuss Downton Abbey no one mentions that in the first series Lady Mary killed a man with her fanny.

What a knob!

'By the power vested in me by this slipper, I declare myself Pope'

I admit it’s not one of the big questions of today, but are M&S absolutely certain we want to loosen his belt and get a mouthful of Santa’s ‘Yumnut’?

Disturbed this evening to take the bins down the drive and discover the world has been pierced.

Hey, let me be the first to say there’s a nice super beaver moon over the Western Isles right now.

Morning.

This has given me flashbacks to the time that nutty girlfriend I had tried to kiss me goodbye in front of her parents.

It appears that seven years ago I was celebrating midday with the traditional triple flight of martinis in the Century Bar at Gleneagles.

Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born. *Both difficult choices, it was a banger of a year.

Is there a crossword person in your life? Would you like to get them a unique gift? PERHAPS FOR CHRISTMAS? Well maybe a bespoke quiz or cryptic crossword would fit the bill, on any theme, of any size, by the author of [counts on fingers] more than 900 published crosswords, i.e. Me. Give me a shout!

And so begins the slow trickle of Christmas essentials.

Lovely stuff, for those of a crosswordy bent.

Well, with Christmas just around the corner, I'm guessing one of these would give your dinner table that authentic festive look (and it's M&S, so you can return her after).

When my wife asks if I remembered to take the chicken out of the freezer.

Instead of sober October, I've opted for NOvember. That's NO bread for this month! Now, if you’ll excuse me, this bacon filled Victoria sponge isn’t going to make itself.

Just seen an ad claiming Nutella is delicious on porridge.

The winner of this year’s Halloween has been found.

Once more, time to display what like to think of as the ’Royal’ vase.

OMG! Poor Andrew’s to be banished to this hellhole. Justice done.

Good morning.

From season 2 on, GoT kept many actors in funds. So much so, I heard it once described as ‘better than Panto’ by one (who shall remain nameless) in this regard.

Roger Allam giving excellent quote in the Guardian

A movie you've seen more than seven times. *This one is about a guy’s ex turning up and completely ruining his business.

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This also holds true for the UK.

Now Halloween’s over. *If they’ve thought it through there’ll be matching bin bags.

Not even dark yet, but already getting quite lively out there.

Bless ‘em.

Dating advice.

‘Oh…er, okay. No, you go ahead, celebrate any way you want. We’ll, eh, we’ll just wait outside.’

For Halloween me and the wife are dressing up as those two people on that Channel Four ad and knocking on your door every twenty minutes to ask you how much you earn.

Regrets, I've had a few But then again, too few to mention I did what I had to do Mighty works without exemption I planned each charted course Each careful step I took with care, Now look, just look at this, then you’ll despair.

Look on my dorks, ye mighty, and despair.

In-putting names for a highland history project, and wondering how it is that the MacDonalds have not simply taken over the earth. Also recalling a story of a friend of my husband's being bumped from a flight from Stornoway because airline security could not cope with 8 Norman Macleods on 1 flight.

The Devil: Welcome to Hell. You are most welcome, I really do want you all to get along. Me: Well, this doesn’t seem too bad. The Devil: So, if everyone around the circle would just tell us little bit about themselves...

On Port Nis beach three years ago today I took my favourite ever picture of the now sadly departed Maisie. My love to all who have lost a dog. This second pic helped me, and I hope it helps you.

Off to bed, happy with a little low key northern lights action to accompany Hamish’s late night wander.

‘What you must understand, Monsieur; eez zat you eat wiz zee eyes…’

Ah, the old 4:30pm sunset dog walk. *It’s fair to say the golden hour very much comes right at you around this time of year.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Just a reminder that only children with badly grazed and cut hands will receive a reward at our door again this Halloween. Missing fingers will also serve as evidence of turnip (AND NOT PUMPKIN) hollowing. We will also expect a song, a joke, or (under duress) a dance. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Terrifying Halloween Tale. I have just received a Christmas flyer advertising a turkey crown for £120. 😳