Our annual trip to Northern Ireland. Alan, Hamish and me.

The Union Canal runs from Tollcross in the centre of Edinburgh to Falkirk where it meets the Falkirtk Wheel joining it to the Forth and Clyde Canal. One of my favourite places to walk along.

My annual trip to La Perdrix in the Dordogne. Stopped off at Maidstone on the way, in a terrible AirBnB then took the tunnel and stopped off in a lovely AirBnB close to Saint Jean de - la motte. Stayed in a Shepherd' Hut on the way back to the tunnel. Stopped off to see Sue and Chris in Cobham.

Walk along Cycle Route 1 to Cramond. The route skirts Drylaw close to West Pilton and Muirhouse, some of the most deprived areas in Edinburgh - Trainspotting country - where it's been said that the weekly budget often does not exceed the green fees for a round at nearby Silverknowes or Barnton.

The first year a group of us travelled to La Perdrix as "Not a Guitar Retreat, retreat". I took the ferry for a change and met up with George and Jim at the Plage d'Aubeterre Campsite before heading for La Perdrix. During our stay we went to a great flea market at Verteillac - where I picked up a fantastic whisky hip-flask, Chris performed a set in the square and we played at Mets Vin in Riberac.

Blackford, one of Edinburgh's seven hills.

The Colinton Tunnel was completed in 1874 as part of the construction of the Balerno Branch Line, running from Slateford to Balerno and connecting Balerno and all of the villages and mills along the line directly to Edinburgh’s Princes Street Station. Now a cycle path and walkway. The tunnel has a 140m long mural depicting RL Stevenson's poem - ‘From a Railway Carriage’.