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About gaelharrison

I am married to John, and we are back living in Fife in Scotland. I have three grown up kids. Geraldine, who is married to Cathal and they have two children, Darcey and Dillon, Natasha who is married to Leo and they have Bonnie and Hazel and they all live in Wales, and Nick. Travel has been a big part of my life, especially in the last seventeen years, but now I just love being back in the 'bonny land'.

A snippet I found on Kiev

Posted on September 16, 2015 by gaelharrison

Amazing what we find when we go through the files on our computers. I found this, and decided to add it to the Kiev file, but thought I would share first. Might make you want to dip back and have … Continue reading →

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Munich and Austria

Posted on September 2, 2015 by gaelharrison

It’s been ten days of witnessing heroic stoicism in my fellow humans. It all started with the Edinburgh Tattoo. It was supposed to be a treat for John’s birthday and we had seen a show, ate fish and chips on … Continue reading →

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House Hunting

Posted on August 17, 2015 by gaelharrison

Edinburgh is in Festival mood once again. It is like being in the Tower of Babel with the chattering of ‘tongues’ and people from all parts of the world squashed on pavements or queuing up to watch some snippet of … Continue reading →

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Inspiring places

Posted on July 30, 2015 by gaelharrison

Time is marching. I feel as though I have been on a high for weeks, full of adrenalin and energy. Natasha and Bonnie arrived in Edinburgh and suddenly our days took on a new dimension as we were treated to … Continue reading →

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The East Neuk Festival, Fife

Posted on July 4, 2015 by gaelharrison

On a glorious Saturday last week Dilly and I drove through the Fife fields to Crail. I wore yellow and she wore blue, the sun shone and the East Neuk was like a gleaming jewel.  We saw wide skies and … Continue reading →

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Spain!

Posted on June 26, 2015 by gaelharrison

Last night we watched a documentary about a Masai Mara tribe in Ethiopia, in which a young man had to prove his manhood by jumping across the backs of four cows (maybe in days gone by he might have had … Continue reading →

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Friends

Posted on June 7, 2015 by gaelharrison

I can’t believe that it has been two months already since we got back from India. I know this because today is the day I am supposed to taste the lemon pickle that I made and was supposed to store … Continue reading →

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Dear Diary

Posted on May 26, 2015 by gaelharrison

Thank God for diaries. Days zoom past, things happen, trips are made and all events recede like snow off a dyke. Photos do conjure up the moment, but not like the words used to describe the feelings at the time. … Continue reading →

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Ardnamurchan in the early spring

Posted on April 17, 2015 by gaelharrison

It’s April, and the wild garlic is profuse along the Water of Leith, pungent and wonderful as we zoomed by on our first bike ride of the year. The going was tough on muscles that have only traversed the breaking … Continue reading →

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Fabulous India – Part 8 – Farewell!

Posted on April 4, 2015 by gaelharrison

They say you can’t escape the bullet with your name on it. We sailed way out to sea on a deep sea fishing trip on Wednesday, a good hour from land, and we were trawling around some jagged rocks in … Continue reading →

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