Derek Robertson

King Kenny 🤴

I've never been a fan of the CWGC website and today's interaction with their app was just nonsense.
Not only does their "prove you're not a Bot" security appear ludicrously difficult, but when into the app, it's not registering any CWGC sites despite me being in Greece and close to Gallipoli 🧐🙄

Kaine Davis in Adolescence.

Yvonne Ridley was captured by the Taliban in 2001.
And now imprisoned by Israel.

My errant ball only made the path and not the road on the Road Hole earlier this year.
What a tremendous hole to play with all its history.
#fore #golf #StAndrews #magical #OldCourse

Not much has changed apart from the lack of horses. #golf

What an absolute eejit he is.

My golf course brought in their 18 tee markers for repainting and left them in a random line.
One of the members who had genuine OCD was angry that this had occurred and had "been allowed to happen".
Suffice to say he put them all in order until some wit put the prime numbers in a separate line 🙈🤯🙈

You've given me the bowk. 🤮

The good news is that sun is finally out just down the road at Afytos.
The bad news is that the Germans have invaded and occupied the sun loungers. 🧐

Bowie's fellow Scottish Tory MP buddy John Lamont accepted a similar all-expenses-paid trip with Conservative Friends of Israel earlier this year.

I couldn't make it up.
Greek Government Alert just received 🙈🤯🌧💨

A fascinating photograph of a football team at Stobs Prisoner of War Camp near Hawick probably dated 1916-1917.
The players are most likely German prisoners.
#GreatWar #WW1

It's to improve here at Halkidiki on Saturday (allegedly) 🙈

Come to Greece they said.
It'll be lovely they said.
🌧⛈️💨💨
30 mph winds, 14 degrees and horizontal rain.
I should have stayed in Scotland 🤣

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

And with at least 42 Hawick men listed on the memorial to the missing and one local man buried in the cemetery.
#Loos #ghastly

A Major at 23 years of age is remarkable enough without even mentioning his VC.
Wonderful stuff.

More on the legal proceedings by Ancestry against the National Records of Scotland From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

More on the legal proceedings by Ancestry against the National Records of Scotland scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/more... #genealogy

Weasel words.

Interesting that all the railway tracks have all been lifted.

Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

Great piece from @chrismpaton.bsky.social on Ancestry taking the NRS to court because they don't wish to have their records on the Ancestry platform.

I'm backing the NRS all the way on this #genealogy #archives #FamilyHistory #history

scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...

@fourteeneighteen.co.uk
As you pointed out, shocking behaviour by Ancestry.

Blimey!! It's a whopper! #fash

It's not a good sign if a hedgehog is out during the daytime.

It's an amazing story.

@toonpack.bsky.social
#WW1 #GreatWar

Surely that's indexed under 'E'?
#justsaying
#ETphonehome 😄🤭

Please tell me that under the letter A comes the word 'Aliens'?
🤐🙈 #Gallipoli

So 6 it was 😳