A transferred ticket for the Open Golf at Royal Troon on a practice day (Tuesday) had become available and I snapped it up at 6.35 am and navigated the necessary transfer of personal information. It was one of the few times that I could describe my country of origin as Scotland. Parking in Troon later… Continue reading Royal Troon Open: The Practice Green
Month: July 2024
Hill House Recoloured
Once upon a time I took a photograph of the Hill House in Helensburgh in Scotland, long before it gained its giant canopy to protect it from the elements. It was an overcast day and the image was remarkably devoid of colour. A considerable time later the image would be the focus of a colour… Continue reading Hill House Recoloured
Joining Neolithic Dots
I had visited the National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride, Scotland with Anne over 20 years previously and had noted one striking and enigmatic object. This had been a large stone slab from a neolithic burial site in Perthshire engraved with so called ‘cup’ marks. My intuition at the time was that these… Continue reading Joining Neolithic Dots
The Rock Carvings at Ballochmyle
The topic of the rock carvings at Ballochmile in Ayrshire had cropped up soon after joining the Probus Club in Irvine, though I had then declined a kind offer to take me to their location. Some months later in what passes for mid-summer, it was resolved to explore the site. I had chosen a painting… Continue reading The Rock Carvings at Ballochmyle