Gregor Steele
@gregorsteele.bsky.social
Retired physics teacher and education support officer. Some writing in Scots and English (Mrs Nae Offence is one of mine). Can be found cycling slowly around Lanarkshire and beyond when not doing family stuff. https://walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/
Lovely, bright, frosty day. I went to Trackside Cycles in Shotts for a couple of inner tubes and had a good blether with the guy there. Unfortunately, the back road from Allanton wasn't gritted. I dropped my guard at one point and ended up on the deck.
(It was actually quite funny)
(It was actually quite funny)
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Lovely, bright, frosty day. I went to Trackside Cycles in Shotts for a couple of inner tubes and had a good blether with the guy there. Unfortunately, the back road from Allanton wasn't gritted. I dropped my guard at one point and ended up on the deck.
(It was actually quite funny)
(It was actually quite funny)
Muirkirk Heritage Layby. Hae a read at the poem by Thomas Floyd. #Scotstober #glabber
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Muirkirk Heritage Layby. Hae a read at the poem by Thomas Floyd. #Scotstober #glabber
The Rubbish Patter bins stert a rammie wherever they're pit. Read mair Eejit Street comics here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The Rubbish Patter bins stert a rammie wherever they're pit. Read mair Eejit Street comics here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
Not very warm, a little breezy but dry and sunny. A loop around Forth, Climpy and back through the wind farm, with a detour to Winnyknowe Woods and Aitken's Pond. The woods always look lovely at this time of year.
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Not very warm, a little breezy but dry and sunny. A loop around Forth, Climpy and back through the wind farm, with a detour to Winnyknowe Woods and Aitken's Pond. The woods always look lovely at this time of year.
Aye passin through Brocketsbrae on the ither side o the Clyde Valley. And if Ah tak the back road tae New Lanark, Ah see a muckle picter o a brock. #Scotstober
October 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Aye passin through Brocketsbrae on the ither side o the Clyde Valley. And if Ah tak the back road tae New Lanark, Ah see a muckle picter o a brock. #Scotstober
Puir gran wis puggled climbin doon the stairs. This is whit she did... Poem frae Itchycoo's Blethertoun Braes. Braw drawin by Bob Dewar. #Scotstober
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Puir gran wis puggled climbin doon the stairs. This is whit she did... Poem frae Itchycoo's Blethertoun Braes. Braw drawin by Bob Dewar. #Scotstober
A wee me up on ma grandfaither's shooders. Fowk say a look like him noo. #Scotstober
October 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A wee me up on ma grandfaither's shooders. Fowk say a look like him noo. #Scotstober
Rode to the Edinburgh Bike Cooperative to spend a voucher that I won in a @spokes.org.uk 'favourite bike ride' competition. Used part of the route I described for the comp. Got some gear for the winter months. Home by train.
October 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rode to the Edinburgh Bike Cooperative to spend a voucher that I won in a @spokes.org.uk 'favourite bike ride' competition. Used part of the route I described for the comp. Got some gear for the winter months. Home by train.
Ah ken the day's #Scotstober word (warp) has naethin tae dae wi faster-than-licht space travel. In ony case, We hae wheech drive instead. See www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... fur mair o the Major Tam story.
October 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ah ken the day's #Scotstober word (warp) has naethin tae dae wi faster-than-licht space travel. In ony case, We hae wheech drive instead. See www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... fur mair o the Major Tam story.
A wee nyaff cried Sandy gets a skelf... read mair in the Eejit Street comic: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A wee nyaff cried Sandy gets a skelf... read mair in the Eejit Street comic: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
They used to hook up extra horses to haul carriages and wagons up the hill. I wonder if the same happened here? It's certainly at the top of a hill, and the Forrest map shows some sort of road or track nearby. 2/2
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
They used to hook up extra horses to haul carriages and wagons up the hill. I wonder if the same happened here? It's certainly at the top of a hill, and the Forrest map shows some sort of road or track nearby. 2/2
Unambiguously autumnal at the pond near Craigenhill, Kilncadzow. Old maps show a building called Cleekimin near the pond. There's a similarly-named place in the Motherwell area. It's at the top of a steep hill. A 'cleek', in Scots, is a hook. 1/2
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Unambiguously autumnal at the pond near Craigenhill, Kilncadzow. Old maps show a building called Cleekimin near the pond. There's a similarly-named place in the Motherwell area. It's at the top of a steep hill. A 'cleek', in Scots, is a hook. 1/2
The bad news- Loanhead Farm Tearoom is closing, though it's hopefully a temporary shutdown.
The good news- there's a community cafe in Coalburn. I tried it today and it's great. Ideal if you're trying out the new paths.
The good news- there's a community cafe in Coalburn. I tried it today and it's great. Ideal if you're trying out the new paths.
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The bad news- Loanhead Farm Tearoom is closing, though it's hopefully a temporary shutdown.
The good news- there's a community cafe in Coalburn. I tried it today and it's great. Ideal if you're trying out the new paths.
The good news- there's a community cafe in Coalburn. I tried it today and it's great. Ideal if you're trying out the new paths.
A misty day, so I headed off road. Waste of time putting the washing out...
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A misty day, so I headed off road. Waste of time putting the washing out...
A wee plooter aboot at the seaside in Leven wi ma granny (1963 or thereaboots). #Scotstober
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A wee plooter aboot at the seaside in Leven wi ma granny (1963 or thereaboots). #Scotstober
Half birthday for this beastie - I bought it six months ago. We've enjoyed a fair number of miles together in that time.
October 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Half birthday for this beastie - I bought it six months ago. We've enjoyed a fair number of miles together in that time.
Hoo dis Mrs Nae Offence ken whit a monkey's oxter smells like? Read mair braw ScotshooseYaldi comics here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hoo dis Mrs Nae Offence ken whit a monkey's oxter smells like? Read mair braw ScotshooseYaldi comics here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
There's a richt scunner oot tae dwang the peacefu craiturs o the planet Tunnix. But Major Tam the Space Polisman is on the case. #Scotstober Fu Eejit Street comic here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/wp-content/u...
October 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There's a richt scunner oot tae dwang the peacefu craiturs o the planet Tunnix. But Major Tam the Space Polisman is on the case. #Scotstober Fu Eejit Street comic here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/wp-content/u...
Wha remembers the ticker tape machine frae schuil physics? Yaisin ane wis a richt footer and maist o the time yir teacher tellt ye whit ye should o fund oot. #Scotstober
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Wha remembers the ticker tape machine frae schuil physics? Yaisin ane wis a richt footer and maist o the time yir teacher tellt ye whit ye should o fund oot. #Scotstober
Afore he met ma mither, ma faither crashed this braw motor jist ootside Carluke. He wis in sic a bad way that they gied him the last richts at the hospital, jist in case he wis Catholic. #Scotstober
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Afore he met ma mither, ma faither crashed this braw motor jist ootside Carluke. He wis in sic a bad way that they gied him the last richts at the hospital, jist in case he wis Catholic. #Scotstober
"Weel Ah mind the day oor Gregor wis capped. Jist as the man pit the thing on his heid, a shaft o light lit him up." So my granny used to say, and it was an entirely accurate description, but for one detail. She wasn't there and had constructed the memory from my mum's account, and from this photo.
September 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Weel Ah mind the day oor Gregor wis capped. Jist as the man pit the thing on his heid, a shaft o light lit him up." So my granny used to say, and it was an entirely accurate description, but for one detail. She wasn't there and had constructed the memory from my mum's account, and from this photo.
Eejit Street 4 - the latest edition of the Scots language comic for bairns - is out now. I've scripted some stories for it, along with Thomas and Sara Clark and Matthew Fitt. You can download it here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/.../Eejit-St... and schools will be able to order free hard copies.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Eejit Street 4 - the latest edition of the Scots language comic for bairns - is out now. I've scripted some stories for it, along with Thomas and Sara Clark and Matthew Fitt. You can download it here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/.../Eejit-St... and schools will be able to order free hard copies.
Revisiting the Coalburn paths. Not surprisingly, they're even better when it's not chucking it down as it was here: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/c... And look! A picnic bench where you can sit and talk about the interesting geology you see about you.
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Revisiting the Coalburn paths. Not surprisingly, they're even better when it's not chucking it down as it was here: walkridecarluke.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/c... And look! A picnic bench where you can sit and talk about the interesting geology you see about you.
The Tinto Hill Tea Room has been around for as long as I can remember, but in the last few years has had quite restricted opening hours. It's now under new management and is open every day except Wednesday. The menu looked quite imaginative, but I only stopped for coffee and a scone.
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Tinto Hill Tea Room has been around for as long as I can remember, but in the last few years has had quite restricted opening hours. It's now under new management and is open every day except Wednesday. The menu looked quite imaginative, but I only stopped for coffee and a scone.
Beautiful morning. It was frosty when I woke up but by the time I was out riding there were only a few patches in the shade. Cold enough, though, to merit long cycling tights for the first time in a few months.
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Beautiful morning. It was frosty when I woke up but by the time I was out riding there were only a few patches in the shade. Cold enough, though, to merit long cycling tights for the first time in a few months.