River Ericht Freezing

Just got back in from a walk. This was taken at about 4.15 pm. Ice forming on the edges of the River Ericht Blairgowrie. Same forming on the opposite bank.

Picture taken on night time distant scenery setting with flash. Camera hand held but held very steady during the time taken for exposure. The sky looking [...]

Two Beardies, Some Sheep and a few Borders

Blairgowrie

A few videos people have made of and around Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. God made round here first then used the bits left over so make the rest of the world. These are a tribute to our home.

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Lockerbie: The UK’s Biggest Terrorist Incident?

This should be of some interest to you. A legal conundrum and terrorist related to the judicial process of Lockerbie. Most importantly an exploration of serious limitations in Scottish Law.
 (On the recommendation of DEFRA I have also advised the UK Cabinet Office on aspects of Regulatory Impact Assessment)
 I haven’t gone into all the side issues [...]

The Lion Rampant

Article NewStart 18th January 2008
 
 
 

 
Three days after the warning in the final paragraph global markets collapsed

The Legacy of Apollo

First published 21st January 2007
In the early 60s President Kennedy initiated a programme to put man on the moon and bring him back alive before the end of the decade. This was done, but it is the space programme in the 70’s which will give us the example of how to save a planet.
Apollo 13 [...]

More Shipbuilding for the Right Purpose

One of the things I have been campaigning for is the end of shipbuilding in the UK for warfare purposes.
The objective is to use the budgets and ship building capability to produce a fleet of vessels to clean up and manage the world’s oceans.
These will range from research and exploration to equipment for removing toxic [...]

Economic Sabotage: Request for Help

Are there any solicitors, police officers or journalists reading this blog who know how to report Economic Sabotage to the police.In 2006, 27th October, I had evidence and knew of a situation to deliberately depress the UK economy by £50 billion per year. Around 4.5% of GDP.
Knowing this alone would crash the UK economy I [...]

What A Beautiful Day, A Humpin’ an’ a Shovin’

Well apart from the work on global development I have to have balance in my life. being a relatively skinny 6ft and 16 stone I love gettin’ down and dirty with construction work and associated things. So I have been landscaping a garden. I am really proud of it, it will be ecological and beautiful. [...]

A Reason for Everything?

Quizzes must be like buses, you wait for ages and two come along together. So Saturday night I was asked to go to another quiz, this time in aid of EPACTS, East Perthshire Action of Chuerches Together. This was the first time I had been into town itself at night since Blairgowrie police attacked me. [...]