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- About by: sandy
December 2, 2009, 18:43
'The McMillans' are a Scottish family now widely dispersed. The aim of this blog is to share and communicate events in our lives.
- Contact by: sandy
December 3, 2009, 09:22
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- Privacy Policy by: sandy
December 3, 2009, 20:03
Privacy and Personal Information This site stores personal information relating to authorised users. The stored information may include any or all of the…
- Contact by: sandy
- Site Map by: sandy
December 6, 2009, 06:50
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- Subscription Confirmation by: sandy
August 8, 2011, 17:59
Thank you for confirming your subscription to the McMillans. You can unsubscribe at any time in the future using the links on the right sidebar on post…
Blog Posts
- Travel & Tourism (22)
Travel and tourism topics
- Tangier, Morocco by: sandy
March 24, 2012, 14:55
For the next few weeks I'll be in Tangier, Morocco. I've settled in to a hotel on the sea front in the centre of Tangier - the Spanish coast can be seen…
- On the road (again). by: sandy
March 19, 2012, 06:14
We appear to have just seen the arrival of spring here in Warsaw. I've dusted off my bikes and had a couple of pleasant cycle rides. However, this only the…
- Wrap Up by: sandy
December 31, 2011, 16:55
Just a quick wrap up to round out the year - dumplings, cycling, visits to UK and visitors in Poland. The Famous Clootie Dumpling Rembering my grandmother's…
- Direction Copenhagen by: sandy
June 27, 2011, 06:00
Vanessa and I had three and a half days to explore Copenhagen at the last weekend of May - it wasn't enough to do justice to all the many attractions of the…
- Northern Irish Adventures! by: kath
May 7, 2011, 20:28
Rob and I arrived in Belfast on the very early morning ferry at 6am, we were starving so first things first a greasy spoon for breakfast... Two sausages, black…
- Zegrzyńskie Canal by: sandy
July 24, 2010, 06:07
On Saturday 17 July 2010, I took one of my favourite cycle rides - from Warsaw to Nieporęt following the Zegrzińskie Canal. We were in the middle of a…
- Tripolis Ticked Off! by: sandy
July 17, 2010, 16:58
On 2 July 2010 I visited my third and last of Libya's three cities (Tripolis), Sabratha, which is to the west of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast. The…
- Kath & Rob do Warsaw! by: sandy
July 17, 2010, 07:11
Rob and Kath came to Warsaw for a short visit and vodka tasting at the beginning of June 2010. We were also under threat of flooding in Warsaw at the time…
- Sand, not Ash! by: sandy
May 16, 2010, 12:59
When I arranged to meet up with Vanessa on 7 May for a weekend in Rome, I had some worry that the volcanic ash might cause delays to her flight from…
- Lentil(?) Curry by: sandy
March 17, 2010, 07:10
Son Neil visited Warsaw for a week at the beginning of March. Among other things we tested our culinary skills with the intention of making one of my…
- Heating Up in Tripoli by: sandy
February 20, 2010, 05:51
Leaving a snow bound sub-zero Warsaw on Monday, I'm now enjoying some warm weather in Tripoli, Libya, where temperatures yesterday (Friday) were near 30°C. …
- Open Water by: sandy
February 13, 2010, 12:07
During January I was enjoying relatively balmy weather in Libya when I heard on a Polish satellite television channel that the Vistula was frozen. As recent…
- Hereford Holiday by: sandy
January 21, 2010, 04:51
As has now become traditional, immediately after New Year we took a week's rental of a holiday home. This year we were near Ledbury in Herefordshire and…
- New Year! by: vanessa
January 8, 2010, 14:26
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- Buy business, fly economy! by: sandy
December 17, 2009, 17:23
As the scheduled airlines bemoan the loss of business class customers due to the recession, they really need to look at their offer and consider why customers…
- Family Holidays (4)
Family holiday topics
- Northern Irish Adventures! by: kath
May 7, 2011, 20:28
Rob and I arrived in Belfast on the very early morning ferry at 6am, we were starving so first things first a greasy spoon for breakfast... Two sausages, black…
- Kath & Rob do Warsaw! by: sandy
July 17, 2010, 07:11
Rob and Kath came to Warsaw for a short visit and vodka tasting at the beginning of June 2010. We were also under threat of flooding in Warsaw at the time…
- Hereford Holiday by: sandy
January 21, 2010, 04:51
As has now become traditional, immediately after New Year we took a week's rental of a holiday home. This year we were near Ledbury in Herefordshire and…
- New Year! by: vanessa
January 8, 2010, 14:26
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- Northern Irish Adventures! by: kath
- Places of Interest (11)
- Tangier, Morocco by: sandy
March 24, 2012, 14:55
For the next few weeks I'll be in Tangier, Morocco. I've settled in to a hotel on the sea front in the centre of Tangier - the Spanish coast can be seen…
- Direction Copenhagen by: sandy
June 27, 2011, 06:00
Vanessa and I had three and a half days to explore Copenhagen at the last weekend of May - it wasn't enough to do justice to all the many attractions of the…
- Zegrzyńskie Canal by: sandy
July 24, 2010, 06:07
On Saturday 17 July 2010, I took one of my favourite cycle rides - from Warsaw to Nieporęt following the Zegrzińskie Canal. We were in the middle of a…
- Tripolis Ticked Off! by: sandy
July 17, 2010, 16:58
On 2 July 2010 I visited my third and last of Libya's three cities (Tripolis), Sabratha, which is to the west of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast. The…
- Heating Up in Tripoli by: sandy
February 20, 2010, 05:51
Leaving a snow bound sub-zero Warsaw on Monday, I'm now enjoying some warm weather in Tripoli, Libya, where temperatures yesterday (Friday) were near 30°C. …
- Open Water by: sandy
February 13, 2010, 12:07
During January I was enjoying relatively balmy weather in Libya when I heard on a Polish satellite television channel that the Vistula was frozen. As recent…
- Hereford Holiday by: sandy
January 21, 2010, 04:51
As has now become traditional, immediately after New Year we took a week's rental of a holiday home. This year we were near Ledbury in Herefordshire and…
- Wintry Warsaw Lit Up by: sandy
December 15, 2009, 08:29
Winter has finally arrived in Warsaw with a snow fall on Monday coating the City white and nicely setting off the Christmas decorations which light up the…
- Lebanon in the Rain - Byblos and Tripoli by: sandy
December 12, 2009, 14:56
On the third day, 3 November 09, of our visit to Lebanon there was no let up in the rain, so we set off prepared to get soaked again on the second day of our…
- Leptis Magna Image Gallery by: sandy
December 4, 2009, 12:19
This gallery shows images from Leptis Magna which were not used in the narrative post.
- Leptis Magna, Libya by: sandy
December 2, 2009, 21:18
Leptis Magna, around 130km east of Tripoli, Libya, is one of the most extensive and best preserved Roman sites around the Mediterranean. It's been designated…
- Tangier, Morocco by: sandy
- Short Trips (12)
Short trips such as weekend visits
- On the road (again). by: sandy
March 19, 2012, 06:14
We appear to have just seen the arrival of spring here in Warsaw. I've dusted off my bikes and had a couple of pleasant cycle rides. However, this only the…
- Wrap Up by: sandy
December 31, 2011, 16:55
Just a quick wrap up to round out the year - dumplings, cycling, visits to UK and visitors in Poland. The Famous Clootie Dumpling Rembering my grandmother's…
- Direction Copenhagen by: sandy
June 27, 2011, 06:00
Vanessa and I had three and a half days to explore Copenhagen at the last weekend of May - it wasn't enough to do justice to all the many attractions of the…
- Zegrzyńskie Canal by: sandy
July 24, 2010, 06:07
On Saturday 17 July 2010, I took one of my favourite cycle rides - from Warsaw to Nieporęt following the Zegrzińskie Canal. We were in the middle of a…
- Tripolis Ticked Off! by: sandy
July 17, 2010, 16:58
On 2 July 2010 I visited my third and last of Libya's three cities (Tripolis), Sabratha, which is to the west of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast. The…
- Kath & Rob do Warsaw! by: sandy
July 17, 2010, 07:11
Rob and Kath came to Warsaw for a short visit and vodka tasting at the beginning of June 2010. We were also under threat of flooding in Warsaw at the time…
- Sand, not Ash! by: sandy
May 16, 2010, 12:59
When I arranged to meet up with Vanessa on 7 May for a weekend in Rome, I had some worry that the volcanic ash might cause delays to her flight from…
- Lentil(?) Curry by: sandy
March 17, 2010, 07:10
Son Neil visited Warsaw for a week at the beginning of March. Among other things we tested our culinary skills with the intention of making one of my…
- Lebanon in the Rain - Byblos and Tripoli by: sandy
December 12, 2009, 14:56
On the third day, 3 November 09, of our visit to Lebanon there was no let up in the rain, so we set off prepared to get soaked again on the second day of our…
- Lindsay's Warsaw Visit by: sandy
December 12, 2009, 07:46
Lindsay made a flying visit to Warsaw for the Caledonian Ball on Saturday 14 November 09. With Lindsay arriving late on the Friday evening and leaving in the…
- Lebanon in the Rain - Baalbek, Ksara and Zahle by: sandy
December 5, 2009, 21:44
For days 2 and 3 of Kath's visit to Lebanon we rented a car with driver and guide. Louise, our guide and seemingly a perpetual university student, was very…
- Lebanon in the rain - Beirut by: sandy
December 5, 2009, 08:39
When Kath arrived in Lebanon on 31 October 09, so did the rain. And when she left 5 days later, the rain too left! We spent our first full day, 1 November…
- On the road (again). by: sandy
- Tangier, Morocco by: sandy
- Work (3)
Events and work, about our careers, etc.
- Tangier, Morocco by: sandy
March 24, 2012, 14:55
For the next few weeks I'll be in Tangier, Morocco. I've settled in to a hotel on the sea front in the centre of Tangier - the Spanish coast can be seen…
- On the road (again). by: sandy
March 19, 2012, 06:14
We appear to have just seen the arrival of spring here in Warsaw. I've dusted off my bikes and had a couple of pleasant cycle rides. However, this only the…
- Buy business, fly economy! by: sandy
December 17, 2009, 17:23
As the scheduled airlines bemoan the loss of business class customers due to the recession, they really need to look at their offer and consider why customers…
- Tangier, Morocco by: sandy
- Hobbies and Interests (15)
Everything to do with our hobbies and interests
- Wrap Up by: sandy
December 31, 2011, 16:55
Just a quick wrap up to round out the year - dumplings, cycling, visits to UK and visitors in Poland. The Famous Clootie Dumpling Rembering my grandmother's…
- Free Agent by: sandy
August 1, 2011, 22:01
Woke up this morning as a free agent! After deciding last year that I'd semi-retire in 2011 as a sixty year old, I gave notice and my contract terminated on 31…
- Success! (at last) by: kath
May 2, 2011, 13:08
Having arrived back from Northern Ireland today I thought I'd let you know of my JK success.... 2nd in W21L!!! Whoop whoop! Some might say it's a hollow…
- Zegrzyńskie Canal by: sandy
July 24, 2010, 06:07
On Saturday 17 July 2010, I took one of my favourite cycle rides - from Warsaw to Nieporęt following the Zegrzińskie Canal. We were in the middle of a…
- On the road again! by: sandy
April 17, 2010, 17:46
With winter behind us it was time to get the bicycle out again and attempt to improve my fitness. Following a short 45 minute warm up yesterday, I took a ride…
- Lentil(?) Curry by: sandy
March 17, 2010, 07:10
Son Neil visited Warsaw for a week at the beginning of March. Among other things we tested our culinary skills with the intention of making one of my…
- Information Technology (5)
Posts related to information technology, computers and computing
- New Look by: sandy
August 9, 2011, 09:51
The McMillans' blog has been given a new look with the Weaver Theme by Bruce Wampler - it has many sub-theme options and is very customisable e.g. the random…
- Do Adobe policies promote software piracy? by: sandy
January 1, 2010, 11:55
On visiting Adobe's web site I found that a downloadable upgrade to my licenced copy of Dreamweaver would apparently cost 9. This was a price I was…
- All Backed Up by: sandy
December 21, 2009, 06:57
Many users of hosted web servers will, like me, be responsible for making their own regular backups of the their web applications, uploads, and databases.…
- Web applications for the SME by: sandy
December 6, 2009, 22:33
Although I'm primarily a project manager (and a business manager) in the real estate and construction sector in a medium sized business, Europtima, I've long…
- Web Applications (4)
Posts about web applications, the ‘cloud’, Web 2.0 etc.
- New Look by: sandy
August 9, 2011, 09:51
The McMillans' blog has been given a new look with the Weaver Theme by Bruce Wampler - it has many sub-theme options and is very customisable e.g. the random…
- All Backed Up by: sandy
December 21, 2009, 06:57
Many users of hosted web servers will, like me, be responsible for making their own regular backups of the their web applications, uploads, and databases.…
- Web applications for the SME by: sandy
December 6, 2009, 22:33
Although I'm primarily a project manager (and a business manager) in the real estate and construction sector in a medium sized business, Europtima, I've long…
- Blog Email Plugin by: sandy
December 4, 2009, 16:03
This blog is hosted on my account at Fasthosts. They always seem to make it a bit difficult to set up email and I was really struggling to get email working on…
- New Look by: sandy
- New Look by: sandy
- Blogging (3)
Posts about blogging
- New Look by: sandy
August 9, 2011, 09:51
The McMillans' blog has been given a new look with the Weaver Theme by Bruce Wampler - it has many sub-theme options and is very customisable e.g. the random…
- Blogging with Style by: sandy
December 14, 2009, 05:47
On beginning this blog I believe that I was more interested firstly, in the software (WordPress) and its capabilities, and secondly, communicating with my…
- Gravatars/Avatars by: sandy
December 4, 2009, 06:48
I'm new to blogging, don't use Facebook or Flicker and didn't have any need for an avatar until I set up this blog. However from the blog admin I saw that it…
- New Look by: sandy
- Cycling (6)
- On the road (again). by: sandy
March 19, 2012, 06:14
We appear to have just seen the arrival of spring here in Warsaw. I've dusted off my bikes and had a couple of pleasant cycle rides. However, this only the…
- Wrap Up by: sandy
December 31, 2011, 16:55
Just a quick wrap up to round out the year - dumplings, cycling, visits to UK and visitors in Poland. The Famous Clootie Dumpling Rembering my grandmother's…
- Free Agent by: sandy
August 1, 2011, 22:01
Woke up this morning as a free agent! After deciding last year that I'd semi-retire in 2011 as a sixty year old, I gave notice and my contract terminated on 31…
- A Police Escort & 2 Drunk Girls by: sandy
April 30, 2011, 14:52
Yesterday evening along with 1,410 other cyclists I enjoyed a police escort as we toured Warsaw on the monthly Critical Mass cycle ride. I also met the police…
- Zegrzyńskie Canal by: sandy
July 24, 2010, 06:07
On Saturday 17 July 2010, I took one of my favourite cycle rides - from Warsaw to Nieporęt following the Zegrzińskie Canal. We were in the middle of a…
- On the road again! by: sandy
April 17, 2010, 17:46
With winter behind us it was time to get the bicycle out again and attempt to improve my fitness. Following a short 45 minute warm up yesterday, I took a ride…
- On the road (again). by: sandy
- Wrap Up by: sandy
- Warsaw Life (3)
- First touch of winter! by: sandy
January 16, 2012, 18:59
Saturday saw the first touch of winter in Warsaw! Quite astonishing that winter has arrived only in mid-January. However, we've had a little snow and temperatur…
- Wrap Up by: sandy
December 31, 2011, 16:55
Just a quick wrap up to round out the year - dumplings, cycling, visits to UK and visitors in Poland. The Famous Clootie Dumpling Rembering my grandmother's…
- A Police Escort & 2 Drunk Girls by: sandy
April 30, 2011, 14:52
Yesterday evening along with 1,410 other cyclists I enjoyed a police escort as we toured Warsaw on the monthly Critical Mass cycle ride. I also met the police…
- First touch of winter! by: sandy
