Tempura, Ayr. Is Fusion a good thing? Nuclear fusion, well it has its uses. We probably can’t do without it. Jazz Fusion, I’m not sure. I think we could do without it. I know Sancho could*. No music whatsoever f…

Jazz Fusion. Tempura. Full Monty of Thai. Smoky French. Ayr.

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Brambles, Inverary. Inverary, originally a model town constructed by a typically ambitious Campbell Duke of Argyll always seems inexplicably busy. I cannot quite fathom the attraction. It could be the spectacular view…

The Vital Spark. Campbell ingenuity. The allure of Inverary.
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Auchentullich Farm Shop, Loch Lomond-side My petite yet perfectly formed friend revealed what her father gets up to now he’s retired. He had worked variously as a rep for a champagne vineyard, a whisky distillery and as a wine merchant. He…

40km to get ice cream. Slurry pit chat. Loch Lomond-side. Katie Morag. Auchentullich farm shop.

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Cadzow Bakehouse, Bothwell. I had failed to find suitable refreshment in Bothwell in the past and held out faint hope for satiety. Main Street seemed to be more concerned with outward appearances; hairdressers, salons, skinca…

Cadzow Bakehouse. A large, ursine gentleman. Hamilton. Love Joy Division. Ian McShane.
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Kennoway Coffee, Thornwood – Glasgow. Just nip off the Clydeside Expressway at the Dumbarton Road roundabout and park your chariot outside the West End copshop on Dumbarton Road free for 30 minutes. What more assurance could the light …

Cups sans handles. An excellent banquette. No socks? Coffee.

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Stonehaven special; Dunnottar Castle coffee truck, Molly’s Café Bar, Picos Deli, Marine Hotel, Carron Fish Bar Escaping back from or unfortunately driving towards Aberdeen, one can loop one’s van off the A90 into Stonehaven. There is a lot to like about this town. Stonehaven has a large bay and coastal resp…

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Stonehaven special; Mojo Roho. Psychedelic Badger. I am scared of a deep-fried Mars Bars. James McAvoy directs...

Fort William. Don't stop? That Vegan Place. Do stop. A postprandial insight.
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A truckstop. Semiochodriverphobia. Calmness and fulfilment.
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PICKY MAN in a VAN Concerning cafés, coffee, food and sites of interest easily accessed from one’s van as a gentleman roams about Scotland, apparently at work. The impressions garnered and subsequent remarks by the d…

Oban triple feature; Fish tea. Pad Thai. A tortuous Bench. A Picky Man in an Ambulance reminisces. Coffee kvetching.
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Coffee. Zola. Dogs. Grinding. A sceptical baby.
I went to Galashiels, Scotland. You could call it work.
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