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Reluctant Boaters

April 24, 2021 Doris Narrow Escape

We were chatting today to a Canal Trust volunteer about the different populations of boat-dwellers on the canal.

The Comforts Of Home

April 21, 2021 Sid and Doris Narrow Escape

When we were doing some damn’ fool adventure, probably involving sleeping on a damp floor in a draughty hut, Sid once remarked “You know the comforts of home? They’re at home.” We muse on this from time to time.

New challenge: The Labours of Sid

April 6, 2021 Sid Between Journeys

Problem: You are blessed with an inheritance. Your indulgent if eccentric benefactor has left you £250,000, the average price of a property in the UK (or $350,000 give or take a set of tyres). The will stipulates that you spend the money carefully on up to four cars.

Bothy McWeevil – On The Road Back To “Civilisation”

October 19, 2020 Other Voices Thistle

As the Bothymobile travels from Oban to and past the Glasgow/Edinburgh population belt, will the tourist offerings become more or less creative?

Bothy McWeevil – Mulling on Mull

October 17, 2020 Other Voices Thistle

With more, regular, tourist traffic than the Outer Hebrides, Bothy hopes to see some good examples of tourist farming.

Bothy McWeevil – On the Outer Isles

October 15, 2020 Other Voices Thistle

The Outer Hebrides are significantly further west than Land’s End, but with themes of peat, fish and wild woolly sheep there are plenty of better marketing messages available than mere west-ish-ness.

Bothy McWeevil – At the Uttermost Ends

October 12, 2020 Other Voices Thistle

Bothy is hopeful that the edges of the UK will provide some inspirational entries for his awards.

Bothy McWeevil – Orkney

October 11, 2020 Other Voices Thistle

Sid and especially Doris have wanted to go to Orkney for a very long time, so it comes as a slight shock to realise that it is already a popular tourist destination with plenty of opportunities already grasped. But Bothy knows that creativity is always rewarded.