Iona’s Song of the Week comes from a band formed in 1994, and about whom I know very little, although we had heard their name! This song, called Uprising , comes from their 5th album, The Resistance , released in 2009. The lyrics are what drew me to them….. I think that it would be fair to say that these lads from Teignmouth in Devon were ahead of the game when they wrote this song! Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard (MB: vocals, keyboards and guitar, CW: ba

Having had a hiatus since the turn of the year in terms of ‘Van-life’, we decided to head down to the Scottish Borders for a week or so and visit an Abbey or two. And so, after some initial research, we set out for Melrose, whose campsite is one of the few which stay open all year. Unfortunately, our ‘Research’ hadn’t included looking at the weather, although, in all honesty, the weather is mostly dull and rainy around these parts in February. Therefore, with the rain falling