This route is very long, so knowing my schedule and aware of days ahead shortening quickly I could make the route now or wait till late spring. To have spare time I decided to start one hour before the sunrise; I’d known part of the path going to White Bridge. Despite the wind and early hour it was surprisingly warm. For the…
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‘You have asked to have your child baptized. In doing so you are accepting the responsibility of training him in the practice of faith. It will be your duty to bring him up to keep God’s commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbour. Do you clearly understand what you are undertaking?’ I have to admit that…
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I’ve checked the forecast and found out that my usual day off would be rainy while Tuesday sunny, dry and calm. So I decided to switch the two days and went to Glenshee. The route had looked relatively short and easy. And it was. The weather was as had forecast but inverted. Fortunately there some spells of sunshine and I…
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Once I bought a computer program. I’d been dreaming about it for ages, but it had similarly long been unaffordable. So when I saw the program available for half price on a well-established and renowned website I squeezed my savings, bought the program and started using it. Some time later, when I bought an upgrade, it turned out the software…
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There has been a great international controversy over the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted for the Lockerbie disaster. The Scottish government released him on compassionate grounds. The decision has been widely discussed, questioned, and finally condemned or supported. Two years after he left prison the discussion came up again. The Scottish government maintains its position that compassion…