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Making Woodland Friends

If you go down in the woods today…….

Unexpectedly, I found myself with a few minutes to spare earlier this week so I seized my chance to get the daily step count up and took a short woodland walk.

Even on a cold damp November afternoon there was beauty to be found.

and playing in among the trees and fallen leaves

  And in a flash he was gone, leaving only the blur of his tail…….

  But…… he…

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realscotland said: i’m really surprised they kept the old records.. I thought they would have been destroyed or sth..

Nope! We are all in luck because while a large amount of Scottish state records have suffered or been lost completely over the centuries, whether due to the Wars of Independence, later invasion, accident, or Cromwell, at least some of the Crown’s financial records have survived, and though often sparse they are an invaluable resource for historians. 

The Treasurer’s Accounts survive to a reasonable extent for James IV’s reign, and that of later monarchs, (though sometimes with huge chunks missing) and even a few bits and pieces survive for the reign of James III. They were edited and printed in the nineteenth century and not only the National Library, but also a reasonable number of university and major public libraries have copies of these printed volumes (which have some errors but still). There’s also a fair few of the volumes on internet archive. They make absolutely fascinating reading, especially the accounts of discharge (in Scots), which not only covers expenditure of the king, queen, and royal court, but also expenditure on things like the royal navy and tournaments and so on. I promise you there are many much more interesting things in there than a bride from Leith, but here’s the source for that particular extract

And the Treasurer’s Accounts aren’t the only thing- the Exchequer Rolls also survive to a reasonable extent, and go back much further than the Treasurer’s Accounts (to the fourteenth century at least but they’re also in Latin not Scots which makes things more difficult for the modern reader), the Registers of the Great and Privy Seals are available too, the Acts of Parliament are online here, and we even have, for a very short period from 1539-1540 during James V’s reign, the Accounts of the King’s Pursemaster, which are much more personal. And there’s others too. 

Anyway they’re some of my favourite things to dig through, especially the Treasurer’s Accounts, so sorry for the ramble, but yes,,though they are sparse, we do have these kind of records. 

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As a creature of habit, I take the same route when I go for a walk along the shore at Lunderston Bay, a beauty spot near where I live. It’s very easy to allow routine to kick in and to not look around you.

More recently I’ve been using these walks almost as mindfulness sessions, taking the time to myself to clear my mind. I’ve left my iPod at home and focussed on the sounds of the world around me- the seabirds, the waves, the kids laughter as they play on the beach or in the playpark, dogs barking as they too play on the beach or in the water, the sheep in the fields, the wind around me. I’ve paid attention to the ground beneath my feet- the soft sand, the damp hardpacked sand along the water’s edge, the squishy feeling of the seaweed, the gravel of the path. I’ve paid attention to the sights – the small shells and bright white pebbles in the sand, the sun glinting off the water, the wildflowers that grow along the paths.

I wonder how many people visit this spot and see and hear and feel nothing, seeing it purely as place to let the kids or the dog run free?

Sometimes though you need to look at even the most beautiful places from a different perspective….and you can have a little fun whilst doing it.

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It’s all about perspective As a creature of habit, I take the same route when I go for a walk along the shore at Lunderston Bay, a beauty spot near where I live.

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