Archive for the 'JL' Category

Arran’s Got Talent

Friday, August 21st, 2009

John Luke and his friend Cailan were on the telly today.
They were on the Cbeebies program, the Green Balloon Club. The clip showed them handling a buzzard and asking the birds handler some questions.
Fame has gone to their heads already, Cailan is charging £2 for an autograph and John Luke is waiting by the phone [...]

Lights, Camera, Action

Friday, August 7th, 2009

A couple of months ago John Luke took part in a CBeebies program called The Green Balloon club.

He really enjoyed the filming process and says he could do it as a career, given the chance. The only bad thing was “Having to do things over and over again”.
The Green Balloon Club team went around Arran [...]

First Amongst Equals

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Alex Salmond, the First Minister, came to the island today to visit various places including the GP Practice where Ruth is Practice Manager. Ruth organised the visit and it went very well.
The kids from the local school, including John Luke, went along to cheer Alex when he arrived.
He spent quite a long time chatting to [...]

Quantum Of Shiskine

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

John Luke is nearly ten years old.
To celebrate some of his friends are going to see the new James Bond film Quantum Of Solace
John Luke really likes James Bond films because of all the gadgets and cool cars. However is isn’t very convinced about some of the special effects in the older films.
The tarantula crawling [...]

Pheasant Pluckers Son

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The other day I managed to shoot a pheasant with my air rifle.
John Luke and I shared the job of plucking and gutting the bird. Here you can see John Luke plucking the feathers.
Although the bird had been shot three hours previously, when we took out the guts they were still warm. Not job for [...]