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Paul Tran

@paultrantrainer.bsky.social
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Helping people think and do things even better worldwide from the Scottish Highlands. Learning, Development, Facilitation, Nature, Music, Bouzouki, Ukelele, Everton. www.ptps.co.uk

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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lovely morning walking around Loch Ossian last week. Caught the Caledonian Sleeper for one stop to Corrour & walked around the loch. Loads of fabulous walking, munros & mountains all around. Back for coffee at Corrour Station House, before catching the train back to Rannoch & lunch at the Tearoom.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lovely trip to the Perthshire Highlands last week, celebrating my wife's third birthday since her diagnosis and end of life plan.🙂🙂 We're keeping ourselves as fit and well as we can and making as many happy memories as we can. You can always choose how you play the cards life gives you!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This book by @iandunt.bsky.social has been on my to-read list for ages and it's a cracker. If you're interested in how Westminster really works, this is an excellent starting point. Best thing I can say is that it would have belonged on my politics degree reading list.... from 40-odd years ago!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Glenmore Forest looking into Loch Morlich.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sunday morning on the RAV Anima
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nice week working with broadcast professionals and civil servants on leading through change and wellbeing ends with a good walk around Loch an Eilean. Bouzouki, RAV Anima and Everton await for the weekend!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An old Irish tune: Si Bheag, Si Mhor #IrishBouzouki #Music #SiBheagSiMhor
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Caledonia This one's a bit more ambitious, but I thought I'd give it a go! #Music #Bouzouki #Caledonia #DougieMacLean
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From the Highland Kitchen Cook some pasta. Heat some lemon juice in a pan. Slice 2 or 3 courgettes & fry for a few minutes. Then stir in a small tub of creme fraiche & 3 heaped teaspoons of mustard. Drain your cooked pasta, pop it in with your mix & stir. A tasty, healthy cheap veggie dish.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here's another RAV Anima video. Enjoy!🙂
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Chill out on Sunday morning with a bit of ambient music from the RAV Anima. It's only been here a few days and I'm getting to grips with it....
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lovely walk around the Rothiemurchus estate today....
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you like The Stranglers, here's something me and my mates did in 1978.....
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well, its been a lovely day walking Border Collie Bria, pkaying bouzouki and starting to suss out the RAV Anima!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Never mind the footy. This arrived today. The RAV Anima. The first tongue drum with chords. Sounds gorgeous! Looking forward to getting to grips with this.🙂🙂
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Are we going to look back at this weekend in anger? Or something more positive?
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nice morning mooching around a quiet, sunny Findhorn Bay.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our wonderful girl...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The beach at the top of our street, yesterday.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Been a fine summer's day up here!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Perthshire Highlands trip Day 5. Just a third up Schiehallion this time, as my wife was struggling a bit. Still wonderful, though!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Perthshire Highlands Day 3: A 90-minute drive in the rain to Glen Lyon. A magnificent place where the rain stopped. With a tea room that has a cracking view.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Just back from a lovely week in the Perthshire Highlands. Day 1: Loch Ossian. Only accessible by a very long walk, or train to Corrour and half hour walk. Wonderful.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Thats lovely, I'll raise you...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Friday Evening Doodle. Enjoy! #Bouzouki #Acoustic
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
To celebrate National Yorkshire Day, I had a bottle of this fine beer with my tea. In the 1980s, the pre-match, pre-gig pint was often Old Peculier in The Swan on Wood Street. I no longer drink alcohol, but Theakstons have got something pretty close to the original. Gorgeous!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Top lad. Our collie girl is 13. Jumps up and down when I get her lead out. Led us up Schiehallion earlier this summer.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Back on home soil with a lovely walk around Findhorn Bay & beach.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Everton didn't make it to Europe, but I did! A lovely day working with a large group of graduates in Frankfurt. Not all glamour though, as the hotel window pics tell you!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This year's first crop of berries from our garden...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Here's tonight's sunset...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Here's tonight's sunset....
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Nice afternoon stroll on the beach...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Here's what we do when we're not working. Handpan and bouzouki. Enjoy!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
From last weekend's big walk. Taken from halfway up Schiehallion.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Here's tonight's sunset...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Is there anything better than a sunny, empty beach on a day off....?
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Here's tonight's sunset. Enjoy!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Back from a lovely peaceful week in the Perthshire Highlands...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Here's tonight's sunset......
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
She's 13 years old today. It's been a wonderful 18 months with Border Collie Bria!🙂🙂 #AdoptDontShop
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Here's tonight's sunset. 21°C with a nice sea breeze. Enjoy!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Who says Everton is all negative at the moment? Here's my new pint glass from @grandoldteam.com Cheers!🙂🙂
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hope your evening is ending as nice as ours...
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Was a bit warmer in the chippy getting a fish supper, mind. Just done a nice dog walk on the beach. A very pleasant 14°C. Tonight's sunset not as nice as this one from a couple of weeks ago.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Our real anniversary today, the day we started 'courting', as my Mum called it 37 years from the North London Tavern on the Kilburn High Road to today's walk around Loch Morlich.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Me neither, though interesting that the next closest match was 'Liberal Conservative!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Border Colie Bria loves her daily walks on the beach at home!
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
41 years ago today. Three coaches from King's Cross Drinking all night on the coach & ferry. Afternoon in Amsterdam The 'forgotten' first half. Those first two goals. The Everton Da's saying 'that's it' when Krankl scored, then Sheedy sorted it. The all-night celebrations. The wonderful memories.
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Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This day in 1978. My first gig; AC/DC at the Liverpool Empire. The proper line-up with the late Bon Scott on vocals. It was so loud that my ears were ringing for two days afterwards! What was your first gig? Where and when was it and what memories did it give you?
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