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The train leaves at 7.26am from Copenhagen. Thanks to the Great Belt tunnel and bridge you now travel direct to Hamburg. There’s no need to disembark anymore, the ferries between Sjaelland and Fyn stopped sailing years ago. The Danish IC train continues across the middle island, over another bridge to Jutland, and down through historicContinue reading “Passport”

October 31st and I’m cycling in North Sjaelland. The mix of autumn chill and burning wood stoves evokes one of those scent memories. Across the decades ma auld Glesga maw appears in my mind’s eye. Perhaps appropriate on ‘Samhain’, our day of the dead. The mental image of ma maw conjured up was at Meadowpark.Continue reading “A Scent of Scotland”

I fell asleep in the early hours of 24 of June 2016 listening to the BBC’s all-night Brexit coverage. In spite of the British state broadcaster’s clear pro-leave bias during the campaign, I felt pretty sure the UK would, as a state, choose to remain in the EU. This is certainly what I’d been tellingContinue reading “Citizenship”

Copenhagen has snazzy cycle lanes, but tourists who don’t make it further than the (very) Little Mermaid might be surprised to find that Danish cycling infrastructure extends across the country, often connecting small rural towns. This is the cycle route between Humlebaek, north of Copenhagen, and Fredensborg. It’s a journey of about 10km, which youContinue reading “Rural Cycling Infrastructure”

That @jbwhitesnake and @barclaypeter7 with @PhantomPower14 and yours truly. #ScottishIndependence

Interview with Iain Forsyth and John Hannah, ISP candidates in upcoming Scottish council by-elections in Inverness West and East Livingston & East Calder.

Rural cycle paths and even the busy tourist harbour town of Hornbaek are noticeably litter-free As a long-term immigrant in someone else’s country there are things that you become accustomed to. In Denmark, one of those things is the absence of litter. It does exist, but on the whole, city streets and rural areas areContinue reading “Wha’s like us?”

This interview deals mainly with the recently-released two-part documentary on Michael Collins, but touches on present day politics in both Ireland and Scotland. “Paddy has performed his sold-out historical entertainments all over Ireland and beyond. His latest projects are online documentaries on Wolfe Tone and Michael Collins. “Paddy is a multi-platform entertainer, MC, Speaker andContinue reading “IndyScotNews Videocast #2: Interview with Paddy Cullivan on Michael Collins”