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About davidsberry

Local ex-councillor, tour guide and database designer. Keen on wildlife, history, boats and music. Retired in 2017.

On Days Like These, Stay in Bed

Posted on June 4, 2011 by davidsberry

After the brilliant weather calm of the previous two days, I should have taken a hint from cloudier skies, ten-degree drop in temperature and blustering northeasterly, all sprung up overnight. After Saturday surgery, I wandered off down to the harbour … Continue reading →

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US Kids European Golf

Posted on June 3, 2011 by davidsberry

Hundreds of the world’s best junior golfers returned to East Lothian this week for the U.S. Kids Golf European Championship—a four-day competition that brought the next generation champions from all over the world to play Gullane 1 & 2, Luffness, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Hits This Year

Posted on June 1, 2011 by davidsberry

Blog Title Hits 57: Load of Rubbish 927 97: Letham—Commuters or Community? 725 63: Stop Digging 690 So Near… 622 71: Parliamo Politico III 604 60 Days to Go 579 62: Genteel Revolutionaries 531 35: Who Cares? 428 64: Uplifting … Continue reading →

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RNLI Station Map

Posted on June 1, 2011 by davidsberry
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For Those in Peril

Posted on May 31, 2011 by davidsberry

This holiday weekend I spent time at my favourite haunt—North Berwick harbour. The 2011 season is well underway with fishing boats out, crowds milling around the SSC, the hatchery reopened, the new lobster shack on the North pier shifting lobster … Continue reading →

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I See No Shifts

Posted on May 30, 2011 by davidsberry

Nelson’s famous use of his blind eye at Copenhagen is enjoying a re-run, courtesy of Scottish Labour. After four years in which the entire party seems to have believed that the 2007 election was some cruel quirk of fate that … Continue reading →

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Simple Status

Posted on May 28, 2011 by davidsberry

In a typical tabloid-esque frenzy, the Hootsmon today reveals the top (bottom?) ten councils in terms of pay-outs to their own employees for unequal pay. Midlothian tops the list at £496,746 over the last five years, with much larger Aberdeen City … Continue reading →

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Tim’rous Beasties

Posted on May 26, 2011 by davidsberry

Three weeks into the aftermath of the SNP’s thumping victory this month, a chorus of shrill voices are being raised as to what its supposedly-impossible absolute majority might portend. But, rather than being from unionists here in Scotland who see … Continue reading →

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Durham Says Sorry

Posted on May 25, 2011 by davidsberry

The English Civil War was a long time ago but did not only involve the English. Charles II, being a Stuart, was proclaimed King of Scots in February 1649 and, when he landed in Moray the next year, signed the … Continue reading →

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Every Little ASDA Helps

Posted on May 24, 2011 by davidsberry
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