• My Best ever computer and console games

    So this will be my top 10 most fun and best overall video games (all consoles, gameboy and computer) and what I like about each one. Criteria I will use is overall fun playing, time spent playing the game over the years and overall quality of the game. Each one will be relative to the… Read more

  • The first of February

    It’s the first of February and it’s a Sunday. I am in Xoko and its 0740. There is not much happening here but its nice and warm at least, it’s cold outside. It was a cold walk coming here. When I entered Xoko I was the only customer in the place. The music playing was… Read more

  • 07:10 at Xoko

    It’s 0710 and I’m in Xoko cafe, it’s a Sunday. I’m sipping a warm latte. Later I will meet Harris in Aviemore. I had a weird dream about playing football in some sort of competition in Oban although it didn’t look like Oban. There were people there from my high school. Faces I could remember… Read more

  • The No. 17 That Never Came

    I got up this morning with my 2nd alarm. It was difficult to get out of my warm bed into the cold room. I quickly put my clothes on. It was about 0810. I forced myself to get up with the intent of getting the 0837 bus to the university however I quickly realised once… Read more

  • Lost (tv series)

    Recently I’ve been watching an old favourite TV series that I picked up in my local CEX shop on the High street. I last watched Lost season 1 in Affric ward in New Craigs. And before that I watched Lost, for the first time, when I was living in Connel in Argyll (near Oban). Lost… Read more

  • My Friend David

    I first met my friend David in Bruar Ward. He made a comment in reference to my t-shirt. In truth it was a T-shirt from Primark and I didn’t know what the emblem meant. It was a USA flag sort of in the shape of the main body of an electric guitar. David had a… Read more

  • A morning at Inverness public library

    Today, I got out of bed quite late at 10am. My alarm went off at 7am but I ended up going back to sleep. I had breakfast and a coffee and packed my bag for the library. Since today is a Saturday it would be the public library rather than the university library that was… Read more

  • The Number Three

    UHI Campus -> Falcon Square. 17th October midday (Number three service).  I follow an older man onto the white and light blue Stagecoach bus. ‘Town Centre’ I say and swipe my bus pass for a few seconds while the driver processes the journey. There are about 20-25 people of all ages sitting in silence, facing… Read more

  • 16th October, A Grumpy Day in Inverness

    Woke up today at 5am, the dropped back off and woke back up again at 1030. However I didn’t get up until 1100. It was chilly in my bedroom and house. I skipped breakfast and immediately went to my local bakery for lunch. I felt irritable. The bakery was packed full of people, staff taking… Read more

  • 14th October, An Autumn Funeral at St Andrew’s Cathedral

    Yesterday (the 14th) I ate some lunch quite early and then I had some crisps as a treat and headed out into the cool autumn daylight. I walked along the river from my flat towards the Islands and when I came to St Andrew’s cathedral I noticed a smart shiny hearse and remembered something one… Read more

  • 12th October 2025, birding in Findhorn Valley and Carrbridge

    Recently I have been doing lots of book reviews on this blog. Although I started out by writing about a lot of my personal experiences it seems recently the only topics I have been inspired to write about are books, computer games and films. However I feel like I would like to explore my local… Read more

  • ‘Ponti’ by Sharlene Teo

    One great book I picked up and read recently was ‘Ponti’ by Sharlene Teo. The author went to primary and high school in Singapore but then went to university in England. The fictional story is done from the perspective of an actress Amisa, the actress’s daughter Szu, and the actress’s daughter’s friend Circe.  The title… Read more

  • Deux Ex Hong Kong bartender conversation

    Deus Ex remastered (the computer game) has just been announced a few days ago. This game will be a graphical update of the original plus there will be Steam achievements and a few other improvements on the original game by Ion Storm. I originally made a blog post about this game and I referenced the… Read more

  • Wilbur Smith ‘Cry Wolf’

    An excellent little book that I picked up in my charity shop was that of Wilbur Smith’s Cry Wolf. An elderly American man was chatting to me one day (while his wife was trying on clothes). He asked me if I had ever read Edgar Allen Poe or Wilbur Smith? I replied I hadn’t heard… Read more

  • Paperback Writer

    I want to dedicate this blog post to one of my all time favourite songs of one of my all times favourite bands: Paperback Writer by the Beatles. The Beatles hold a special place in my heart for multiple reasons. Not only are they a British musical icon from a few decades ago. Some of… Read more