Finally got round to downloading my archive from Insta & deleting everything from my account. I don't use it, no point leaving them with all my photos.
I need to upload them to my website, & reckon I've a fair few silent Sunday pics from it, but here's one in the meantime.
I'd forgotten all about this & I just love it. I mean, how could you not love someone playing the bagpipes for an oversized rubber duck?
The amazing collection of sculptured medieval graveslabs in the lapidarium, originally a burial aisle, in the churchyard at Kilmartin Church in Argyll. These are some of the more recent historical wonders to be found in Kilmartin Glen. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/kilmartinstones/index.html
Destroying the planet we live on -- the only planet we can live on -- is of course totally legal and even supported and subsidised by governments around the world (including #Scotland's).
But PROTESTING against destroying the planet? That's illegal. That's very, very illegal. Don't even think about doing that.
Today on day 5 of my trip to #OuterHebrides#Scotland was a day to never forget. I had booked a tour to #StKilda, a formerly inhabited archipelago of small islands 70 km into the Atlantic. And although not cheap, it’s worth every penny. Just. Simply. Breathtaking. The birdlife is insane, their numbers unbelievable. 25% of the world’s #gannets (Jan-van-gent) breed here, as well as 300,000 puffins, 80,000 fulmar (Noordse stormvogel) etc etc
#NC500, your poison has worked. I'm not going to cycle in #Scotland this summer. For the first time in 20 years I just don't feel any longing to see Scotland this summer.
Thank you, NC500 🙁 You've made my trip last year just too memorable in a negative way.
Delighted that I’ll be able to vote in the #ge2024 for an eco-socialist candidate.
I can’t vote SNP again whilst they proudly platform folk like Cherry in my old constituency. I don’t say that just as a “disgruntled” voter but as a queer Indy activist which picked up the role of an SNP branch organiser in her constituency after Alba defections.
The only choice for me in this election is the @ScottishGreens
A photo from a Glasgow institution. The Park Bar is a pub owned and frequented by people from the Western Isles and The Hebrides.
You can see the Gaelic signs and hear the language spoken. Music nights are common.
So much industry and services, especially the National Health Service could not have coped but for so many Highland girls
David Cameron vetoes #Rockall fishing agreement between Scotland & Ireland
Despite #Irish & Scottish governments spending 2 years agreeing to the deal – #fisheries are a devolved power – it has been shut down by the Foreign Office
Sources said the reason was entirely political - UK Govt didn't want to be seen agreeing a deal with an #EU nation
The veto is latest example of #Westminster overruling devolved #Scottish government decisions
In your weekly edinburgh cycle 'digest' (bumper edition 😅): The Search for Political Will; Fundraising Opportunities; Transport & Environment Committee May Meeting Roundup; and @edfoc Kicks Off!
Labour activists in Jeremy Corbyn’s constituency have accused the national party of an “egregiously undemocratic selection process” after it chose a candidate without consulting the local branch.
Photo titled Praful Nargund founded a chain of IVF clinics with his mother, Geeta. He was anointed without even meeting the local Labour branch, activists said.
@Wen I'm increasingly worried about the prospect of a disUK #Labour government led by #Starmer and his cabal. He's totally abandoned the left.
My hope is that the majority of voters in #Scotland continue to support the #SNP who have by and large been a leftwing force for good in this country. I fear that significant Labour GE gains here would be catastrophic for devolution and for Scotland in general.
Whatever your views on independence, vote for your country, not England.
Magnificent Melrose Abbey, standing close to the heart of Melrose in the Scottish Borders. It was founded by King David I in 1136 and is one of the four great abbeys of the Scottish Borders. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/melrose/melroseabbey/index.html