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Gregor Steele

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Retired physics teacher and education support officer. Some writing in Scots and English (Mrs Nae Offence is one of mine). Can be found cycling slowly around Lanarkshire and beyond when not doing family stuff. https://walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 2h

The bad news- Loanhead Farm Tearoom is closing, though it's hopefully a temporary shutdown.
The good news- there's a community cafe in Coalburn. I tried it today and it's great. Ideal if you're trying out the new paths.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 11h

Frae The Pizzenous Pet Shop:
The Slevverin Slug is sleekit,
It plans oot its attack,
It slides up yir shirt tae the collar,
And dribbles doon yir back.
Read the hale poem here, or hear it frae actor Katya Searle:
www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/poem... #Scotstober

The Pizzenous Pet Shop – ScotsHoose Yaldi

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

A misty day, so I headed off road. Waste of time putting the washing out...

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Loved what you did with my Major Tam script! Tunnix aliens exactly as I hoped they'd look.

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Whit's the difference atween a plooter and a skiddle?

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Starlink and Hutch: A California detective solves crimes with the aid of a satellite that gives him WiFi access even in remote locations with no phone signal.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely loving these Moby Dick translations!

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

A wee plooter aboot at the seaside in Leven wi ma granny (1963 or thereaboots). #Scotstober

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 2d

Half birthday for this beastie - I bought it six months ago. We've enjoyed a fair number of miles together in that time.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 3d

Hoo dis Mrs Nae Offence ken whit a monkey's oxter smells like? Read mair braw ScotshooseYaldi comics here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 4d

One from the archive - a visit to the site of Couthally Castle near Carnwath goes a bit wrong: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/c...

Couthally Castle Hassle

In August 2020, I decided to visit Couthally Castle near Carnwath. To be honest, alliteration was about the best thing it had going for it. Not that the place doesn’t have an interesting history. I…

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 6d

The Drookit Doo’s a daft yin,
And no that guid at singin.
It stauns up on the auld belltooer
In rain, its feathers wringin.

Read aboot mair Fykie Fleein Things here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/poem... and listen tae actor Michael McHardie read the poem oot. #Scotstober

Fykie Fleein Things – ScotsHoose Yaldi

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 9d

Exploring the area around Kirk o Shotts and Kate's Well: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/k...

Kirk o Shotts and Kate’s Well

The Kirk o Shotts If you’ve ever travelled along the Lanarkshire stretch of the M8 motorway, you have probably noticed the Kirk o Shotts. I’ve enjoyed riding to the Kirk and I’ve …

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 9d

Check oot the baddie's t-shirt...

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 10d

There's a richt scunner oot tae dwang the peacefu craiturs o the planet Tunnix. But Major Tam the Space Polisman is on the case. #Scotstober Fu Eejit Street comic here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/wp-content/u...

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 11d

A bike ride to Peebles, passing through the railway tunnel where CTR Wilson performed a cosmic ray experiment: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/p...

Peebles and an interesting tunnel

One day in October 2018, I decided to cycle to the border town of Peebles. I passed through the villages of Carnwath and Elsrickle, and admired the whalebone arch at Netherurd, where they used to h…

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 12d

Wha remembers the ticker tape machine frae schuil physics? Yaisin ane wis a richt footer and maist o the time yir teacher tellt ye whit ye should o fund oot. #Scotstober

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 13d

Afore he met ma mither, ma faither crashed this braw motor jist ootside Carluke. He wis in sic a bad way that they gied him the last richts at the hospital, jist in case he wis Catholic. #Scotstober

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 15d

"Weel Ah mind the day oor Gregor wis capped. Jist as the man pit the thing on his heid, a shaft o light lit him up." So my granny used to say, and it was an entirely accurate description, but for one detail. She wasn't there and had constructed the memory from my mum's account, and from this photo.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 17d

Eejit Street 4 - the latest edition of the Scots language comic for bairns - is out now. I've scripted some stories for it, along with Thomas and Sara Clark and Matthew Fitt. You can download it here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/.../Eejit-St... and schools will be able to order free hard copies.

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 18d

Revisiting the Coalburn paths. Not surprisingly, they're even better when it's not chucking it down as it was here: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/c... And look! A picnic bench where you can sit and talk about the interesting geology you see about you.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 21d

The Tinto Hill Tea Room has been around for as long as I can remember, but in the last few years has had quite restricted opening hours. It's now under new management and is open every day except Wednesday. The menu looked quite imaginative, but I only stopped for coffee and a scone.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 22d

I don't do a lot of sneering, but if I was to take it up big time, I'd sneer most at people who sneer at mothers.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 22d

Beautiful morning. It was frosty when I woke up but by the time I was out riding there were only a few patches in the shade. Cold enough, though, to merit long cycling tights for the first time in a few months.

Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · Sep 13

A non-historian tries to find out about a forgotten Lanarkshire battle: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/m...

Morningside – Lanarkshire’s forgotten battle?

A few years ago, I posted a picture of the ruined Auchterhead Farm on Twitter (as was). I got a few likes and the comment, ‘There was a battle up there.’ Haud on, whit? If there had been a ba…

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