Gary Wilson
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Gary Wilson
@garyrwilson.bsky.social
Ex-Tech Mgr @ IBM Client Engineering. Below average golfer. Singer in Soul Provider. My views only. Good job really.
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OK I'm doing a thing. As part of my first year of retirement, I’ve embarked on a challenge that’s part rambling (fitness edition) and part rambling (writing edition).

🚶‍♂️📚 More Than Words
Episode 9 of the podcast is out!

• Spotify: bit.ly/44dV0yK
• Apple: apple.co/4pVEsUr
• Amazon: amzn.to/3MvULJg
• YouTube: tinyurl.com/MoreThanWord...

Featuring a northern bloke rambling on about:

🌿 Gardening: the new contact sport
🏰 Dunrobin Castle — Versailles with bagpipes and amnesia
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December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🔥 Stage 17: Burns, Baby, Burns 🔥
Poets, feuds, smugglers & a Russian warship sulking in Ayrshire. From saints sounding like cough syrup to Burns‑mania & witches in Girvan—equal parts poetic, surreal & soggy.

👉 Read: morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/s...

#MoreThanWords2025 #BurnsBabyBurns
Stage 17
Burns, Baby, Burns Stage Stats Total Distance Covered943.5 km (32.71% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 18 – 25 October 2025Tracking2.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Mud, Sweat and Beers…
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December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🏌️ Stage 16: Clyde & Joy 🏌️

Ayrshire = collapsing car plants, medieval jousts in the rain, golf holes that bite, & Elvis merch stands. Equal parts scenic, surreal, & suspiciously soggy.

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/s...

#MoreThanWords2025 #ClydeAndJoy
Stage 16
Clyde and Joy Stage Stats Total Distance Covered888 km (30.79% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 9 – 17 October 2025Tracking4 days ahead of schedule IRL: The Fellowship of the Swing St…
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🛳️ Stage 15: Bonnie & Clyde 🛳️

From Vikings hauling boats to wallabies in Scotland, saints demoted, shipyards collapsed & Glaswegians kicking back at terrorists — equal parts scenic, surreal & ship‑sized tragedy.

👉 Full saga: morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/s...

#MoreThanWords2025 #MTW
Stage 15
Bonnie and Clyde Stage Stats Total Distance Covered832.5 km (28.87% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 2 – 8 October 2025Tracking5.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Ryder’s Digest The…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
⛵️ More Than Words–Stage 14: It’s A Hard Loch Life ⛵️
Failed gold rushes, haunted pubs, Rob Roy’s bathtub & goats with 200‑yr grudges. Folklore, fiascos & surreal comedy on the West Highland Way.

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/s...

#MoreThanWords2025 #ItsAHardLochLife #WestHighlandWay
Stage 14
It’s A Hard Loch Life Stage Stats Total Distance Covered777 km (26.94% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 25 September – 1 October 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Border Patro…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
🏔️ Stage 13: Ridge Magnets

Scotland's greatest hits: 3 Ballachulishes with an identity crisis, a massacre disguised as hospitality, and the Devil's Staircase (hell of a climb).

Plus: murderous water horses & Google Maps gaslighting.

Full chaos: morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/s...

#MTW
Stage 13
Ridge Magnets Stage Stats Total Distance Covered721.5 km (25.02% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 19 – 24 September 2025Tracking5.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: 7.6 Trombones Mileage t…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🏔️ Stage 13: Ridge Magnets

Scotland's greatest hits: 3 Ballachulishes with an identity crisis, a massacre disguised as hospitality, and the Devil's Staircase (hell of a climb).

Plus: murderous water horses & Google Maps gaslighting.

Full chaos: morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/s...

#MTW
Stage 13
Ridge Magnets Stage Stats Total Distance Covered721.5 km (25.02% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 19 – 24 September 2025Tracking5.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: 7.6 Trombones Mileage t…
morethanwords2025.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Blogging is apparently so last century. (Still doing it though.) Everyone & their dog has a podcast… except me. Until now.
So More Than Words is going audio — from screen to ears. If you’re more TL;DR than avid reader, you’re welcome.
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🏔️ Stage 12: Never Say Nevis Again 🏔️

Because nothing says “holiday” like trudging up Britain’s highest mountain through fog, drizzle, and regret.

🧠 Voluntarily walking into a cloud
🐶 Cow windpipes as cuisine
🌳 50 years of planking

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/s...

#MTW
Stage 12
Never Say Nevis Again Stage Stats Total Distance Covered666 km (23.09% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 13 – 18 September 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: The Pedal’s Advocat…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
🐉🏰 Stage 11: Log Ness Monster 🏰🐉

From opera under stars to Highland drizzle, folklore & decapitations. Also:

🎬Mission Impossible: Seat of Judgement
💀 Seven heads, one well
🐉 Nessie: 1, photographers: 0

It’s VisitScotland meets Black Mirror.

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/s...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🐉🏰 Stage 11: Log Ness Monster 🏰🐉

From opera under stars to Highland drizzle, folklore & decapitations. Also:

🎬Mission Impossible: Seat of Judgement
💀 Seven heads, one well
🐉 Nessie: 1, photographers: 0

It’s VisitScotland meets Black Mirror.

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/s...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
Stage 10: Whisky Business — from sunburn in Paphos to clan wars in the Highlands.
Featuring:
🥃 £830k whisky
🔥 A castle torched by a jackdaw
💀 Poisoned servants
🐉 Harry Potter’s dragon
🐿️ Red squirrels in exile
😈 Devils in skirts

Read: morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/s...

#MoreThanWords
Stage 10
Whisky Business Stage Stats Total Distance Covered555 km (19.24% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 29 August – 5 September 2025Tracking3 days ahead of schedule IRL: Tomb With a View Th…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Stage 10: Whisky Business — from sunburn in Paphos to clan wars in the Highlands.
Featuring:
🥃 £830k whisky
🔥 A castle torched by a jackdaw
💀 Poisoned servants
🐉 Harry Potter’s dragon
🐿️ Red squirrels in exile
😈 Devils in skirts

Read: morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/s...

#MoreThanWords
Stage 10
Whisky Business Stage Stats Total Distance Covered555 km (19.24% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 29 August – 5 September 2025Tracking3 days ahead of schedule IRL: Tomb With a View Th…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
🏴‍☠️ Stage 9 of More Than Words: “Tainspotting.”

⛳ Best-ever round → existential crisis
🌿 Gardening = hamstring carnage
🏰 Dunrobin: Disney meets displacement
🧙‍♀️ Last witch trial and DIY pony making
💣 Tain Range: bird sanctuary → CoD map

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/s...
October 2025 – A Virtual Travelogue
2 posts published by garyrwilson during October 2025
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October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🏴‍☠️ Stage 9 of More Than Words: “Tainspotting.”

⛳ Best-ever round → existential crisis
🌿 Gardening = hamstring carnage
🏰 Dunrobin: Disney meets displacement
🧙‍♀️ Last witch trial and DIY pony making
💣 Tain Range: bird sanctuary → CoD map

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/s...
October 2025 – A Virtual Travelogue
2 posts published by garyrwilson during October 2025
morethanwords2025.wordpress.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
Stage 8 of More Than Words: “Stile And Tribulation.”

Featuring:
🏌️‍♂️ The Werther's Original Trophy
📱 Komoot v my shins
🪜 Whaligoe: 330 spite-steps
⚔️ Highland Clearances: “progress” with fire
🥇 Knotty: shinty with extra concussion

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/s...
Stage 8
Stile and Tribulation Stage Stats Total Distance Covered444  km (15.4% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 14-20 August 2025Tracking5.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: The Old Man and the Tee Even…
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October 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Stage 8 of More Than Words: “Stile And Tribulation.”

Featuring:
🏌️‍♂️ The Werther's Original Trophy
📱 Komoot v my shins
🪜 Whaligoe: 330 spite-steps
⚔️ Highland Clearances: “progress” with fire
🥇 Knotty: shinty with extra concussion

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/s...
Stage 8
Stile and Tribulation Stage Stats Total Distance Covered444  km (15.4% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 14-20 August 2025Tracking5.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: The Old Man and the Tee Even…
morethanwords2025.wordpress.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚶 MTW Stage 7: “I’ve Got A99 Problems (But a Broch Ain’t One)”

Expect:
🐄 Feral cattle
📸 John o’ Groats: signpost selfies, shattered illusions
🏰 Bucholie Castle: visitors not welcome
🪞 Neolithic eyebrow routines
👻 Ghosting:15th century style

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/s...
Stage 7
I’ve Got A99 Problems (But a Broch Ain’t One) Stage Stats Total Distance Covered388.5  km (13.47% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 8-13 August 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Stri…
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September 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
🛳️ Stage 6 of More Than Words: “The Great Barrier Brief.”

Expect:
🪨 Castle Bloody: neolithic IKEA
🌉Churchill’s Gap Years
⛪ A POW chapel made from corned beef tins
🏰 Demolishing a village for a better outlook
🐎 Sand-ploughing kids

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/s...
Stage 6
The Great Barrier Brief Stage Stats Total Distance Covered333  km (11.55% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 1-6 August 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Couch To 2,884k Turns out exe…
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September 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🛳️ Stage 6 of More Than Words: “The Great Barrier Brief.”

Expect:
🪨 Castle Bloody: neolithic IKEA
🌉Churchill’s Gap Years
⛪ A POW chapel made from corned beef tins
🏰 Demolishing a village for a better outlook
🐎 Sand-ploughing kids

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/s...
Stage 6
The Great Barrier Brief Stage Stats Total Distance Covered333  km (11.55% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 1-6 August 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Couch To 2,884k Turns out exe…
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September 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
🌧️ Stage 5 of More Than Words: “Things Can Only Get Wetter.”

🔥 Child-proof tech vs middle-aged man
🐟 Herring drama
💸 Seaweed = 18th-century Bitcoin
🧀 Monks > Bear Grylls
🦸‍♀️ Ecclesiastical superheroes
🐑 Sheep that prefer Itsu

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/s...
Stage 5
Things Can Only Get Wetter Stage Stats Total Distance Covered277.5  km (9.62% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 24-31 July 2025Tracking3 days ahead of schedule IRL: Burn Baby Burn Turns out …
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September 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌧️ Stage 5 of More Than Words: “Things Can Only Get Wetter.”

🔥 Child-proof tech vs middle-aged man
🐟 Herring drama
💸 Seaweed = 18th-century Bitcoin
🧀 Monks > Bear Grylls
🦸‍♀️ Ecclesiastical superheroes
🐑 Sheep that prefer Itsu

👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/s...
Stage 5
Things Can Only Get Wetter Stage Stats Total Distance Covered277.5  km (9.62% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 24-31 July 2025Tracking3 days ahead of schedule IRL: Burn Baby Burn Turns out …
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September 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
More Than Words Stage 4: golf course air strikes, sheep dining on seaweed, a goth lighthouse, a prince started a knitwear craze, and 16th‑century “Airbnb” reviews from shipwreck survivors.

Full chaos here 👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/s...

#MoreThanWords #Stage4
Stage 4
Have I Got Ewes For You Stage Stats Total Distance Covered222  km (7.7% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 19-23 July 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Hit Me With Your Best Shot Anot…
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September 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
More Than Words Stage 4: golf course air strikes, sheep dining on seaweed, a goth lighthouse, a prince started a knitwear craze, and 16th‑century “Airbnb” reviews from shipwreck survivors.

Full chaos here 👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/s...

#MoreThanWords #Stage4
Stage 4
Have I Got Ewes For You Stage Stats Total Distance Covered222  km (7.7% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 19-23 July 2025Tracking5 days ahead of schedule IRL: Hit Me With Your Best Shot Anot…
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September 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Gary Wilson
🚢 Stage 3 of More Than Words is out!

Shetland → Orkney.
🪦 Ghost stories
🧶 Knitwear with more followers than you
📡 Lighthouses that have SEEN THINGS

Read before the North Sea swallows it:
👉 morethanwords2025.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/s...
Stage 3
No Country For Old Norsemen Stage Stats Total Distance Covered166.5  km (5.77% of 2,884km)IRL Stage Start and End Dates 14–18 July 2025Tracking3.5 days ahead of schedule IRL: The Curious Incident o…
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August 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM