Go Lucky, The Lonely Oatcake and Barn Owl - 13th Note, Glasgow

Posted in SHOFT on 21st October 2010

Its become apparent that age and aging will be the recurring theme of this visit to Glasgow. Turning up the day after my birthday, in the midst of a month which is always turbulent, means that it was never going to be far from the agenda. However, oddly, I seem...

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Cristin Mackenzie, Sarah Banjo and Esperi - Macsorleys, Glasgow

Posted in SHOFT on 20th October 2010

It's been a long day - and Birmingham seems like another country now. Quite a bit has happened since then in fact. I got up early, and disappeared into the bowels of New Street while it was still dark. I felt pretty grim, the usually October cold barely suppressed, and...

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For the Avoidance of Doubt

Posted in Railways on 16th October 2010

There was a strange sense of a calm before the storm today. It's October, and this usually spells trouble in some sense or other - and next week I'm heading off to Glasgow. So this weekend felt a little demob-happy and distracted, what with not thinking about work next week...

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