A post on a Thursday, what a surprise. And it’s not even that I have a lot to say or share. Maybe it’s time to re-think what I want to do with this online space? At various moments these past few days ideas popped up, but then when I was done with regular (paid for) work, I either couldn’t be bothered to sit down in front of a screen again to write something. Many thoughts also weren’t really that thought out, which also kept me from writing anything. And then there is the whole how much personal stuff do I really want to share here issue as well. So…. no proper posts this week so far.
I miss the good old days of Twitter, where I could / would just randomly share thoughts with “the world”. I don’t know if that was a good thing or a healthy thing, but at least I wasn’t second guessing everything I’m putting out. But maybe it’s a good thing that I do. And yes there are other social media apps these days and yes I’ve signed up for most of them, but it’s not the same and I just can’t be bothered with a lot of these anymore to be honest. Instagram is the one I’m using (at least following if not posting as much) the most. But sometimes my thoughts need more words than I my self enjoy reading in a several slides in a tiny font on an Insta Story.
There is no real reason to this post. Obviously! One of the “mmh, maybe you’ll write about that” ideas made me upload and an image from one of my many Scotland trips a few years ago, because I probably will visit that particular place again in September. I had originally planned to drop off my rental car in Dundee and spend a few days there, take the bus up and down the coast. I already booked an apartment on booking.com and all that.
Then Frank announced three “The Road to Lost Evenings” shows, one of them in Aberdeen, which is about 1:20 h north of Dundee (by train or car). It’s a tiny venue, so of course I’m going! Duh, fangirl and all. At first I thought I’d keep the apartment booking and just spend a night in a hotel in Aberdeen. But then I checked the latest reviews of the apartment and quite a few of he more recent ones complained about the mattress on the bed. Red flag! I need a good night’s sleep. Yesterday I had a look around and checked hotel room prices (Travelodge for the win, because I can be reasonably sure they have decent beds), even though I had planned to stay in a self-catering apartment. But… as I wouldn’t be in it for two days basically, that might be a waste of money. So the plan now is to stay in Dundee for two nights, store my suitcase for two nights, while I travel to Aberdeen with my big backpack. Then stay three more nights in Dundee before I move on to Edinburgh for Lost Evenings. I haven’t changed any bookings yet, I’ve still got enough time to cancel on booking.com, but will probably do all of that on the weekend.
What has this all got to do with the photo I mentioned? I checked what I could visit on my way back from Aberdeen to Dundee and the bus stops near here.
So I’ll be back and I’m sure it will be lovely. As long as it’s not raining. I plan to be there on 22 September and this photo was taken on 19 September in 2017, so I remain hopeful.
To get myself in the right mood for Scotland I’ve finally started watching “Department Q” on Netflix and 3,5 episodes in I’m enjoying it so far. The villian(s) we see so far (there might be more, as the the plot goes on) are a bit creepy, psychological torture and all that, but I like to see Matthew Goode all grumpy and messed up. And still charming in his way.
Originally I had planned to keep watching “Departure”, but the first episode of season 2 didn’t really get me hooked. Why is she working in Canada all of a sudden? London was one of the main reasons I tuned in for season 1.
Oh well, a grumpy Englishman in Edinburgh on Department Q make up for it.
