Dundee – Travel with Intent

Flags strung up high

Having just watched Traces on BBC, which is set in Dundee, I decided to have a look back at my images from a visit there in 2018. There was plenty […]

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Oor Wullie and his mate Rabbie Burns

Orr Wullie, with his spiky hair, dungarees and upturned bucket, is a classic character who has appeared in the weekly comic strip in the Sunday Post since 1936. He was […]

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Mobile Lighthouse not so mobile

The North Carr, Scotland’s last remaining Scottish lightship, was built in 1933, measuring 31 m in length, 7.6 m in beam and weighing 268 tons. She was in service off Fife Ness until 1975, then […]

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Humour

The Beano is the longest running British children’s comic, published weekly by DC Thomson, making its first appearance on 30 July 1938. Over to all of you to join […]

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Nautical V&A

The new V&A is now open, and it is as stunning inside as outside. . Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 October 2018 Posted as part of Weekend Reflection

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Life-sized Catalyst

Parked on the grass outside a multi-storey car park in Dundee, sits a car covered in a rather solid sheet. It took a moment to appreciate that it is a […]

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Autumn at the Howff

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Captain Scott

“Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These […]

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Useful servant but a dangerous master

Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric rule and share […]

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Opening the closed doors

Some smart people in Dundee came up with a creative idea over lunch and launched the Open/Close Project. The aim was to bring great street art to the city in […]

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Billy

This mural is part of the Open Close street art festival that took place in Dundee in April 2018. It is the creation of Garry Milne, an artist who lives […]

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