Facts Not Opinions

It's amazing what grabs your attention.... I was on the bus on Monday in Central London, having just come back from a long weekend in Edinburgh. I was physically and emotionally weary. And the bus passed by a building named after a man called David Kirkaldy...

Kirkaldy (1820–1897) was a Scottish engineer who pioneered the testing of materials as a service to engineers during Victorian times. He built a large hydraulic tensile test machine, later moving the machine to larger purpose-built new premises at 99 Southwark Street. This is now known as the Kirkaldy Testing Museum. Over the door of the building is the motto "Facts not Opinions".

I took the picture at the top of this post on Monday morning... because the motto yelled out at me. I had to blog about it...

Facts. Not Opinions.

A useful motto for me this week, with my feelings literally all over the place at the moment. I don't know whether I'm coming or going... getting it right or horribly wrong... on top of things or sinking fast...

I need some solid facts at the moment. Not just opinions...

A-Z: Fascinating Facts

It's coming up to the month of August once again, and as usual I am setting myself a challenge to blog every day for 26 days solid - right through the alphabet on one particular theme. There's been a number of changes in my life over the last eighteen months - some good, some not so good - and therefore blogging has taken a bit of a back seat for a while. However, I'm keen to 'rise to the challenge'...

This year I've come up with a list of fascinating facts, all of which have resonated with me when I read them; all have a particular meaning to me.  I hope you find this strange list of facts interesting. I've taken the time to double-check all of these, have done my best to ensure no dodgy information or 'fake news' here...

Have a good August, catch you on the other side.