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Onto another Fourth Doctor audio. So much about this one gives me joy. And what a guest cast.

( spoilers re some dialogue )

We're going into Broughty Ferry for my eye test tomorrow, and will be taking tons of Big Finish audios to Oxfams. Which is why I've been trying to get through some more of my backlog this week.

Prompted by the Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser going partially online.

Searching for our unusually named street (which has a couple of spellings, including in the past two sets of differently spelled street signs!) finds lots of references to one set of neighbours especially, including advertisements for beauty classes and hair styling, planning permission for a conservatory, their daughter marrying in 1992 with a huge photo and very lengthy report, and a 1982 impromptu charity fundraising jumble sale held by their kids and others held in their drive and the drive of neighbours over the road from us.

For our other immediate neighbours we find a big wedding photo for their daughter. And for our house find the death notice of the 1986 husband of the couple here. His widow lived here for many years after then before we moved in.

Charmed by the extra insights and glimpses into life in the street before we moved in here 21 years ago. And not just the street, but our very immediate neighbours, the two couples living either side of us, and also the couple directly over the road. Who are all still living here today.

Note some of these reports were found in the newly digitised Broughty Ferry paper, but others were found in a more general search of the British Newspaper Archive e.g. for "15 unusual street name", which turned up more references in other local papers, especially the Dundee Courier.

P.S. Also just found the report of a 1992 wedding + photo of a daughter of the couple immediately over the road (the ones where the 1982 jumble sale was partially held in their drive), and also a 1992 engagement notice for their other daughter.

We've just looked through all 77 he ended up with as the final batch! I loaded them all onto Facebook, and four onto Bluesky and Mastodon. But here are just a couple. He saw *so* many buzzards. And yes, that is a very famous lighthouse glimpsed in the distance, beyond Broughty Castle.

He was out with his camera all day, in mid/west Dundee, while our car had its annual service and MOT check.

Another rare photo post here from me today. Martin was in Broughty Ferry while I slept, taking more things to Oxfams charity shop, as well as getting some keys cut, and picking up freshly made Portuguese custard tarts. Anyway trust him, he took his camera. And among lots of nice shots I think this is the best one. Photographed looking through a metal whale bone sculpture looking towards Dundee - Dundee has a long, and difficult history with whaling. You can even see the RNLI Broughty Ferry lifeboat there ("Elizabeth of Glamis") as well as oil rigs temporarily in being serviced and wind turbines being built. The big hill in the background is Dundee Law, which towers over the city.

A marvellously daft but fun end to the afternoon, sitting in the car in the rain by the seaside in Broughty Ferry, sharing a jumbo sausage and chips. I've wanted to get down to the seaside for weeks, but with repeated rounds of Covid in January and February here we've kept missing the chance. Plus I am generally too ill with my neurological illness. But this afternoon when I woke late we bundled me into the car, still in pyjamas and dressing gown, and off we went. Had some top quality guilt tripping from a seagull standing on the sea wall beside us. I also enjoyed watching Eduardo Alesssandro's art gallery staff rearranging their window display of paintings while Martin fetched the chips. Good stuff. Soon back to bed, but really enjoyed that.

Oh and yes, if there was ever a more appropriate time to use the Dundee icon from purplecat I'm not sure what it would be.

I uploaded some photos Martin took by the sea in Broughty Ferry, uploading them to other places. But I thought they might be of interest here too. Here are 4 of the best pictures. This is Broughty Ferry, a seaside suburb in eastern Dundee, Scotland. near where we live.