The Buchanites Part One: The Woman Clothed in Sun
The Buchanites were a Christian Sect led by the charismatic Elspeth Buchan in the late 18th and early 19th Century Scotland.
Beaches are places of intertidal liminality. Transient, impermanent and ever changing. To be the first person to walk on the sands as the tide retreats, is to find the world remade.
EA Hornel was the Kirkcudbright Artist who began inspiring other Artists to come and visit, paint and live in Kirkcudbright, creating it's status as an Artist's Town. Steadfast in his refusal to go to the big city to ply his trade, he lived most of his life in the town, up to his death
Tuesday is my normal editing day, but since its my turn to work on Saturday this week, I have Monday afternoon off and I can get some done today. I'm slicing up drone shots of Castle Douglas, which is awesome. Its a beautiful town, with mostly Victorian buildings on the high street, and it's surrounded by beautiful countryside. This week's story is about the Railway coming to CD. #editing#railway#Galloway#history#scotland#video
During its working lifetime, Loch Skerrow Halt was one of the remotest stations in the country. All that remains now are a couple of platforms, the ruins of the railway workers cottages and the Scots Pine planted to act as a windbreak.
#TuesdayGallowayDay#Galloway
Ich war gestern beim Bauer, nun sind es vier Kälber, ääähh, 5, weil heute Morgen noch eins dazu kam 🥰 Ich werde es nächste Woche kennenlernen 😊
I was at my farmer friend helping yesterday, now there are four calves, I mean.. 5, because another one came this morning 🥰 I'll get to know it next week 😊
#Galloway is a card-carrying cnt who got into bed with Farage and supported the Russian embassy’s Brexit and laughed and lined his pockets while they pssed all over UK democracy and lied to the dead queen to take away your EU passport.
He shakes hands with the far right of the Conservative Party.
No amount of right on pro-Palestinian posturing should obscure what he really is.
The Bruce's Stone, where he is said to have rested after seeing off the English Army at the Battle of Raploch Moss in 1307, during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Starmer is loathsome for many things, but now he's given pro-Putin charlatan, friend of Farage and British unionist Galloway a way back into the political mainstream...
We stayed with friends in Castle Douglas. Three aims, catching up, getting my partner to the Park Run and running a half marathon (coastal path and road, Kippford-Southness Bay, 1.46). A bad start (it is still more difficult getting into the loch when it is pouring with rain, even though the water will still be as cold in the summer) all achieved. Lovely day eventually. Plus coffee and cakes at the excellent Street Lights cafe.
#Labour took a minus 44% swing having suspended their own candidate over comments on #Israel & #Gaza.
#Galloway won by campaigning on Gaza ceasefire discontent and dissatisfaction with Labour's lack of socialist policies mostly, but also campaigned against trans rights wokeness etc in parts of the constituency. Showing a much more sophisticated micro targeting & granular political machine than most independents can ever muster/afford.
Nominally pro-gaza pro-Muslim Galloway also received support from radical islamaphobe, far right white nationalist Nick Griffin. Which makes absolutely no sense what so ever.
Unless you put stock in factoring they are both the sort of extremist divisive agitators that #Moscow & #Putin seeks to support in driving wedges in to democracies.
The sad loss for the people of Rochdale was decent local independent #DavidTully with a normal independents low level election machine and backing only came in second place. After being entirely ignored by mainstream media, as a decent not inflammatory candidate with integrity that doesn't bait clicks.
Galloway, called a divisive grifter by some & regular on #RussiaToday channel, will doubtless continue to get completely outsized media coverage as an 'exciting figure' that generates views. Many politicians and commentators are already using this upset to 'prove' the UK electorate support some version of their personal views.
Never forget where #Galloway was and what he was doing when they came to trash your democracy and prosperity and remove your freedom of movement and EU citizenship and steal your future.
Reminder: he was blowing Farage on Russian TV and laughing at you.