Tag: North Sea oil

“In this world, nothing can be certain except death and taxes.” The words of Benjamin Franklin have been ringing in my head this week when we had the Chancellor announcing his Budget and an...

It was my last hill-walk of the season.  As we came down Carn an Righ (hill of the king) the dark clouds were closing in around us.  It was definitely autumn and the rolling...

This weekend Scotland’s farmers are putting on their 175th Royal Highland Show in the fields around Edinburgh Airport known as Ingliston. It’s a reminder to us city folk that Scotland is still an agricultural...