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  From the Caledonian Mercury, 4th July 1814 As some people know, I’ve spent a lot of lockdown researching family history, with results whic...

I’ve been reflecting that I’ve just completed the longest sustained physical effort to date in my seventy three years on this planet, rowin...

This Summer has been good for getting to know the Mariota and discovering the extent to which age has diminished my ability to move about th...

  As my seventieth birthday approached I finally parted from Stroma, designed by Alfred Mylne and built by McGruers on the Clyde in 1929. We...

  On the front at Rothesay in June 2003 during the Fife Regatta I made the acquaintance of a delightful and well-informed lady, who turned o...