In the following story I have not indicated places, names or dates. Once upon a time there was a young ‘line up man’, hereafter known as ‘line up man’. He was ‘lining up’ for the world’s first floating bookship. The job involved preparing for all aspects of an upcoming ship visit to a port. Arranging …
Category: life
Why I Am Blogging
There is hope! (sunrise run on Ben Vane, West Loch Lomond, Scotland. 9 Dec 2017) Shortly will be the first anniversary of this blog. It seems appropriate to share how it's gone as well as my aspirations and thinking behind writing about life, faith and running. I started with not much of a plan, just …
Japan – Anyone for English?
Lake Nojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. A popular resort area. For almost 2 years from 1992-94 my wife Elisabeth and I lived in the city of Nagano, Japan. We were there working for an international Christian organisation. Both of us had visited Japan previously for shorter visits and had enjoyed getting to know its people and …
Cast your bread upon the waters
A nice fish tea for four. As a boy nearly every summer holiday was spent staying with either my maternal or paternal grandparents. My mother's parents lived in a small village on the North west coast of Scotland. My father's were from a crofting community in the same area. My maternal grandfather was in his …
Nothing to Lose
Captain Scott, at rest after day's adventure. ** The spring /summer of 1973 was for me a transition period between finishing school and starting studies at Glasgow university. With time on my hands I applied for and was fortunate to get a 26 day scholarship to join the adventure sail training vessel 'Captain Scott'. Purpose …
Allan Grant 