Historic Erection

Been there since 1825 and the only one left surviving in the whole of Scotland. A scheduled ancient monument even. The glassworks factory has built up around but it remains there standing proud, although it's not seen any action since the 1960s.

You can see it to the right of the snack van, the old brick glass cone that housed the furnaces around which the glassmakers made their wares.

It looked like a local food critic had visited the van over the holidays and left a copy of their review scrawled into the grime. Short review it was; "Your rolls give me skits" is all it said. Straight to the point (you might be able to read it in engorged version) but not one that'll have the crowds queuing for their egg and sausage doublers.

Last blast of the holidays out on the bike before it's back to its commuting duties on Monday, whilst the rest of the household packed away boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations and removed even more boxes and boxes of Christmas detritus off down to the local skip. It's nice at the time, but it's nice to reclaim the space back too.

In a more ominous post Christmas development, I've noticed the arrival of a 'Slimming World' magazine which is currently being thumbed through and left lying around in plain view. I'm going to pretend I haven't seen it for as long as possible.