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Jun 21, 20246 min read
I Would Rather Be Fishing.
I am starting to write this before I go to the hospital, as I may not have access to my computer before the normal publication time on...
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Jun 14, 202410 min read
Reminisces and Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). Invited to Participate in New Blackfordby and Notice of Further Stomach Cancer Surgery.
As always, when I touch on the compensation issue for the farmers who got their farms confiscated in Zimbabwe in my blog, I always get...
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Jun 7, 20248 min read
Frustration in Trying to Achieve A Common Goal and An Enjoyable but Wasted Trip to The World Economic Forum in Cape Town in 1994.
Just to let you know, I wrote this blog before I received the update from the Compensation Round Table Group on Thursday. I thank them...
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May 31, 20249 min read
Relocation, Restructuring and Agrichange.
I have been a bachelor this past week or so as Rozanne had to go to Edinburgh to sort out some family business matters. How things...
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May 24, 20246 min read
Correction and Shenanigans, Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and Land Matters 1994.
Following last week's blog, Tim Henwood, president of the CFU from 1999 to 2001, who is now a resident in Australia, corrected me on the...
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May 17, 20246 min read
Sad Week, Goodbye Nick, Nick and Gavin.
Every now and again, you have weeks with little cheer. Last week, in my joyful oblivion, while visiting farms with friends in the...
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May 10, 20246 min read
Combatting the Descent into Depression and The Start of 1994.
I was texting an old friend, Beth Bedford, who, in her past life, was an English teacher before becoming a very successful cattle farmer...
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May 3, 20246 min read
Ignore Your Constituents At Your Peril. The ZIG and Carnation Revolution Festivities and a Trip to the Alentejo.
In the past two weeks, we have seen a change in leadership in Scotland and so I am informed the formal withdrawal of the Commercial...
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Apr 26, 202411 min read
Animal Encounters.
My youngest daughter, Janine, who resides in the United States and edits my blog, suggested as a blog subject, ‘Animal Encounters’. She...
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Apr 19, 20248 min read
Sun and Pig. Cold Switzerland, Chilly Chicago and the End of 1993.
Sun and Pig. It is funny, but when the chilly rainy weather disappears and the sun comes out, all our spirits are lifted. At a wild boar...
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Apr 12, 20246 min read
Waiting Game Anxiety. The ZIG (Zimbabwe Gold) and the Scottish Hate Crime Bill.
I was meant to have a midweek consultation with my stomach surgeon following my latest CT scan, which unfortunately did not happen. The...
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Apr 5, 20248 min read
Some Positive Health News. Scotland's New Hate Crime Law. Istanbul.
After eight months of negative news yesterday, Monday, my consultation with my urologist surgeon was more positive, with a clinically...
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Mar 29, 20248 min read
An Engagement. Life Goes On and A Trip to a Saharan Irrigation Scheme in Tunisia.
Our son Selby and his partner of some seven years arrived on Sunday afternoon and no sooner had we arrived home from collecting them from...
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Mar 22, 20247 min read
Garden Tasks. Tractor Nostalgia and International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), Tunisia.
Another week's gone by; I just do not know where time goes. It seems that doing little or nothing has increased the speed of time rather...
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Mar 15, 20246 min read
Medical Update. Early Land Challenges. ZIMACE is Born.
Medical Update. Last week, like the previous week, I said I would give a medical update, but I am afraid there is not much to tell. I had...
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