Paul 4Jags
@paul4jags.bsky.social
Posting on social media in a personal capacity about stuff I like, such as running, hillwalking, social history, big books, terrible music, and awful football teams.
MacDuff Castle on the cliff above the Wemyss Caves, on the Fife Coastal Route.
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
MacDuff Castle on the cliff above the Wemyss Caves, on the Fife Coastal Route.
Escaping the winds in the west by going for a wander along part of the Fife Coastal Path. From Burntisland to Methil.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Escaping the winds in the west by going for a wander along part of the Fife Coastal Path. From Burntisland to Methil.
Squeak! Partick Thistle beat Dunfermline tonight under the floodlights and go joint top of the league.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Squeak! Partick Thistle beat Dunfermline tonight under the floodlights and go joint top of the league.
Trail running in Scotland in November. Wet. Muddy.
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trail running in Scotland in November. Wet. Muddy.
Two football games I've attended in a single week, and my team won on both occasions!! Unbelievable. This never happens.
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Two football games I've attended in a single week, and my team won on both occasions!! Unbelievable. This never happens.
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
This is my granny, born in Walsall in 1924. What is she thinking here?
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is my granny, born in Walsall in 1924. What is she thinking here?
What do you think? Is this the same man at different ages, or is it father and son. The older two are my great-great grandfather Joshua Bailey, a shoemaker from Walsall born 1847, who lived long enough to look like Frank Morgan in the original Wizard of Oz.
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What do you think? Is this the same man at different ages, or is it father and son. The older two are my great-great grandfather Joshua Bailey, a shoemaker from Walsall born 1847, who lived long enough to look like Frank Morgan in the original Wizard of Oz.
You know that when you get handed a box of old family photos that looks like this, it's going to have good stuff in it.
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
You know that when you get handed a box of old family photos that looks like this, it's going to have good stuff in it.
Buying albums just because I like the name of the artist. A Man For All Seasons by Insecure Men.
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Buying albums just because I like the name of the artist. A Man For All Seasons by Insecure Men.
Views of this morning's crisp, clear skies over Glasgow, looking down over the River Clyde. Did you know that the word Clyde, from Cluaidh (sometimes Clutha) is related to the Latin verb cloare, to cleanse? As is Rome's Cloaca Maxima.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Views of this morning's crisp, clear skies over Glasgow, looking down over the River Clyde. Did you know that the word Clyde, from Cluaidh (sometimes Clutha) is related to the Latin verb cloare, to cleanse? As is Rome's Cloaca Maxima.
I've been working my way through all of Iain M. Banks's Culture novels recently. Just finished Look To Windward which has been one of the best. Written in the year 2000 it has much ruminating on how far AI should go, and if it can compose a symphony, would we want it too? Meaty sci-fi.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've been working my way through all of Iain M. Banks's Culture novels recently. Just finished Look To Windward which has been one of the best. Written in the year 2000 it has much ruminating on how far AI should go, and if it can compose a symphony, would we want it too? Meaty sci-fi.
Never, ever been to a football game like that. Unbelievable. Preposterous goals. Scotland 4-2 Denmark
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Never, ever been to a football game like that. Unbelievable. Preposterous goals. Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Duck 'n reflections.
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Duck 'n reflections.
It's been a while but clear, frosty blue skies over Scotland and snow-topped mountains at last. A wee run up Ben Ledi to enjoy it.
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's been a while but clear, frosty blue skies over Scotland and snow-topped mountains at last. A wee run up Ben Ledi to enjoy it.
The five proposals for a Nelson Mandela statue for Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow are on display in the City Chambers just now (if you can find your way in through the roadworks).
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The five proposals for a Nelson Mandela statue for Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow are on display in the City Chambers just now (if you can find your way in through the roadworks).
Mural at the entrance to Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, and sculpture by George Wylie at the site of the former Rottenrow maternity hospital.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Mural at the entrance to Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, and sculpture by George Wylie at the site of the former Rottenrow maternity hospital.
I met up with a guy from Chicago recently in Glasgow to introduce him to the city. He asked why he was the only one using an umbrella. I decided that it was a combination of wind and resignation.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I met up with a guy from Chicago recently in Glasgow to introduce him to the city. He asked why he was the only one using an umbrella. I decided that it was a combination of wind and resignation.
My mum is always very imaginative with gifts, and made a donation to Scottish Mountain Rescue on my behalf for compleating my Munro round. Clearly they are in her thoughts when I'm out in the hills.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My mum is always very imaginative with gifts, and made a donation to Scottish Mountain Rescue on my behalf for compleating my Munro round. Clearly they are in her thoughts when I'm out in the hills.
My wife is reading the book and said exactly the same thing, so I've started reading my (signed) Kevin and Sadie book.
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My wife is reading the book and said exactly the same thing, so I've started reading my (signed) Kevin and Sadie book.
A plaque in Glasgow Royal Infirmary commemorating staff members that died in the First World War, including a relative of mine who was a nurse in a field hospital in France that was bombed. Remembrance should include striving to stop things like that happening again.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A plaque in Glasgow Royal Infirmary commemorating staff members that died in the First World War, including a relative of mine who was a nurse in a field hospital in France that was bombed. Remembrance should include striving to stop things like that happening again.
Sentimentally attached to my copy of Kelman's book Greyhound for Breakfast. I was floating about in Rennes, France and found this in a secondhand bookshop, for 50 Francs. Reading this for a few days in a French bar was miserably cleansing. Just what I was looking for at the time.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sentimentally attached to my copy of Kelman's book Greyhound for Breakfast. I was floating about in Rennes, France and found this in a secondhand bookshop, for 50 Francs. Reading this for a few days in a French bar was miserably cleansing. Just what I was looking for at the time.
Kelman is the only person ever to suggest spelling my name as you do the cloth that covers a casket at a funeral (with a glint in his eye). I don't *think* I was being overly glum on talking to him.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Kelman is the only person ever to suggest spelling my name as you do the cloth that covers a casket at a funeral (with a glint in his eye). I don't *think* I was being overly glum on talking to him.
I often re-read James Kelman's short stories, but haven't re-read A Disaffection until now. I first read it when I was about 10 years younger than the main character. Now I'm ages with his dad, and seeing it all from a different perspective. Powerful stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I often re-read James Kelman's short stories, but haven't re-read A Disaffection until now. I first read it when I was about 10 years younger than the main character. Now I'm ages with his dad, and seeing it all from a different perspective. Powerful stuff.
When I was a kid I would read about owl pellets and dissecting them out to find out what the bird's last meal was. However I never came across any in Maryhill. This is a cracking one that I found at the weekend on Ben More in Mull.
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When I was a kid I would read about owl pellets and dissecting them out to find out what the bird's last meal was. However I never came across any in Maryhill. This is a cracking one that I found at the weekend on Ben More in Mull.
I've come to Mull this weekend to complete (compleat?) my Munro round with Ben More, the 282 Scottish peaks over 3000 feet. The plan tonight in Tobermory is a curry and some pints. Cheers.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've come to Mull this weekend to complete (compleat?) my Munro round with Ben More, the 282 Scottish peaks over 3000 feet. The plan tonight in Tobermory is a curry and some pints. Cheers.