The Long View

I get feedback most weeks. Sometimes it is just a few words but then every so often I get a bit more. Yesterday I received an email after my comments about Tunbridge Wells but also referencing my comments about resilience. It’s quite funny because most weeks I spout forth with my own views. A very […]

I have just been reading an article that I found a few years ago. The title was “The Perfect Recipe for Reducing Stress in Accountancy”.  Reading it again, it still made interesting reading. Anyone who knows me will be able to tell you that I do not do stress. It’s not that I do not

Many years ago I was visiting my sister in the South of England. I was travelling up to London and went to Tunbridge Wells to catch the train. It was quite early so I was travelling along with a whole bunch of commuters. I got my ticket and made my way to the platform. There

I am on the train between Elgin and Inverness. I had a meeting before I left and then made a phone call from the station. No rest for the wicked. But now I am on the train. No meetings, no phone calls and the sun is shining outside. Do you remember the old train advert

I have been spending a lot of time with my laptop recently. Well, you see, as I broke my wrist in February, there isn’t a whole lot I can do around the house. Mind you it does get me out of washing up. I can still cook but peeling onions is still beyond me. And

You know what it is like. You have an early start … the alarm went off at 3.39am. You have a lot to plan and organise and so you look for ways to save time and effort. This is my day for writing. I had decided on my theme for today and it was one

This is a topic that I find endlessly fascinating and I keep coming back to it, time and time again. I think it was the SNP leadership election that brought it home. Love her or hate her, Nicola Sturgeon has been a force in Scottish politics for a lot of years and you wonder, well

I suppose that it is not really surprising that my cars generally die on the A9. Mind you, it is almost equally surprising that they don’t die on the A96. I know these roads between Thurso and Elgin pretty well. I must admit that of the two I probably prefer the A9 north of Inverness.

I have heard it said that in this country either we like a good queue, or we accept it as the natural order of things. I have also heard it said that foreigners do not understand queuing and they go more for a free for all. I have certainly witnessed a “queuing situation”, I think

The most important word in business is “Next”. I have definitely had a next sort of week this week. I seem to end up with multiple lists of things to do. I did not quite have to resort to a list of lists but at times it felt like it might be needed. But this