Tag: Walking
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My recent free-spree from social media had been going really well right up until yesterday when I tried to pat myself on the back for dealing with my Twitter addiction then realised I couldn’t because my hands were gripping my phone, facilitating my new addiction to YouTube. In my defence, can I bring your attention…
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52and39/43 Hunker Down
Autumn’s a time for appreciating contrasts. I’ve been walking and running more mindfully than usual, it’s easy to do in this season of wet pavements, dry leaves, shadowy buildings and bright mid-morning skies. The dog stops and waits for me to take photos or scratches his back on long grass or a tree trunk…
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52and39/20 Kingfisher Karma
Last year, around summertime, I fixed on the idea that 2014 would be my year to see a Kingfisher again. Cheesy? Maybe. I’ve only seen one once before, in childhood. The rarity of the sighting was impressed upon me excitedly. In 2014, the memory of the Irn Bru glitter ball bird of tiny glory came back to me. I invented…
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52and39/14 Where The Land Meets The Sea
Portobello reminds me of going to Saltcoats with my Grandparents when I was wee. It was an epic, stressful passage from East Kilbride. Then….. Sea. Sand. Chips. Sun. And the shows. By all accounts Portobello’s changed a lot over the years. Until the 70’s there was a heated outdoor pool. Less appealing is the thought that just over a…
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52and39/5 Wild in the Aisles
I’m walking, inspired by Cheryl of Wild movie fame. In my version there’s vacuuming, friends, reading, writing, husband and kids. So I go home for pit stops. I relate to resetting through walking, thinking and experiencing. It’s cathartic, like I imagine shedding a skin feels – you, but new, too. It’s a very literal way of…
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52and39/4 A Tale of Two Cities
When we decided we were moving to Edinburgh we heard a lot about how there are so many people and the city is so vast. I looked at maps, comparing Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Not an awful lot in it, to my eye. More people though? Yes. So more stories, too. You get to know the…