Susan Swarbrick: I held onto things 'just in case' - here's the trick to letting go
Susan Swarbrick: I held onto things 'just in case' - here's the trick to letting go
Columnist and Senior Features Writer
My key areas of speciality are celebrity interviews, sport, reportage and human interest.
My key areas of speciality are celebrity interviews, sport, reportage and human interest.
Susan Swarbrick: I held onto things 'just in case' - here's the trick to letting go
If there was ever a role that was made for Greg Hemphill, it is that of an embarrassing dad.
I grew up very close by, in the countryside between North Berwick and East Linton. Binning Wood has always been my favourite spot for big walks, deep and meaningful chats and the occasional hobbling trail run if I’m feeling a bit more adventurous.
The Kelpies are a lasting legacy of the horses’ incredible contribution to Scottish working life. It’s a beautiful piece of spiritual art.
When you think about the annals of history and human existence, the Middle Ages are synonymous with being fraught with peril. And, at times, navigating middle age - or midlife - can seem equally dicey.
The nigh-on, incessant rain and grey gloom of March - certainly here in the Central Belt - has felt soul-sapping at times.
We also played inside the ancient site of Skara Brae. You could do that when I was a peedie breek - or little child. As kids we would be lying in the beds, putting trinkets on the cabinet shelves and looking out the windows, imagining fishing boats, whales, monsters and selkies.
Here are my contenders for Scotland’s alternative must-see marvels
THE windows and doors are boarded up, paint peeling like flaking skin and sections of the brickwork crumbling to dust. Nearby the jagged remnants of a fence resembles a row of rotting teeth. A warning has been spray-painted on many of the walls: "Danger, keep out!"
Troon has all the ingredients for my perfect day out: there’s a train ride with a view (40 minutes from Glasgow), there’s my little sister, Ria, and her gorgeous dogs Nellie and Nina.
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