Tales From The Bucket

  After 2 Months, Bye-Bye Oban! Even the sheep wanted to say goodbye. Just kidding!  Once again as I stop and just look across a field, all the sheep stop and stare at me.  They were rooted to their spots and didn't come any closer. This was on my travels yesterday getting to know my current location a bit.   Oban was good to me.  Even though during November I caught a flu (thought it was COVID) and was pretty sick just around 2 weeks. As the weather turned even worse (torrential rains, blowing, etc.) it was not a bad thing to stay warm & cosy inside the flat.  I then caught a cold. November was not my best travel month! But on to a new location through the New Year's.  I have headed back to England and will be staying on a working farm in a sweet little cottage in Northumberland on the east coast close to the North Sea.  The drive from Oban was my most eventful so far. And I thought the drive up to Mey & John 'O Groats was exciting!...

  It's Been A Minute- I Know I've stayed around home pretty much during the month of November.  The weather has turned very wintery and rains most days.  Also, I've visited much of the. nearby attractions. Except for the Hebrides islands like Mull.  But the weather has not cooperated. So I will save Mull for another time. But I have taken a couple of trips closer to the end of the month.  One was a shopping trip to Glasgow at the Buchanon Galleries and the other was to London to see Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. While walking in downtown Glasgow or in London, I have noticed entertaining signs pasted on buildings or in the street.  Here are a few of them I have also mentioned before how much the pub names crack me up.  Some have really fun buildings - most are very old. This one was in downtown London near Piccadilly Square.  London's answer to New York's Times Square. I first saw Slug & Lettuce in York's Shambles Market during...