Superb photos! Thanks for posting>

I agree,John,fascinating reading!Thanks for posting ,Hugh!

Thanks!! Love the quote!

Just had to let you know how much "A wee bit of Burns" is appreciated.It's one of the first things I read every day and it gives me so much pleasure.I was lucky enough to learn about Burns in school but never really appreciated his genius until later in life .Thanks for "feeding"...

Absolutely superb photos! Thanks for posting.Really look forward to seeing more in the future!

As an former resident of Stevenston and ,until my retirement, headteacher of of one of the largest day/residential schools , in the UK,for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. I feel reasonably well qualified to comment on this topic. Firstly, I feel it is commendable that a new establishment is...

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! Now I have reached the grand old age of 70 I will definitely have to grow up and start acting my age!( Well maybe not!!!)

Thanks everyone for the kind birthday greetings!!! Not a drop of the "demon drink"passed my lips ! Roll on the the 1st of December!!!

With you Bonzo!! Proud to admit I was one of the "originals" who frequented the Melbourne in the sixties! The summer of '66 was particularly memorable with my Lambretta,mirrors and all! Some of the "names" were Craig Nellany,Johnny Hunter,John Lafferty ,Tam McAteer et al.We never...

Bergen,Oslo, Copenhagen,Hamburg on the Dunera !!! I was there and remember it well! Penny Tray your posting brought back many happy memories. Amazingly coincindentally I am off to Hamburg next weekend for the first time since that trip.Every year John Sweeney(Kilbirnie,now South Wales) Tom Cassidy (...

A half page obituary in yesterdays Times caught my eye:"Al Howie.Eccentric ultra distance runner who would run hundreds of miles before a race and train on beer,followed by fish and chips" Al,from Saltcoats,sadly passed away on June 21st aged seventy. He achieved many extraordinary feats i...

Being a keen cyclist myself I really enjoy reading the postings on this "thread'.I must admit it has made me feel a bit envious/homesick when reading about the routes taken,especially the Largs/Millport run. We have a good network of cycle routes here in South Wales,many of them very scenic,but...