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October 26th 2008

..and not forgetting my home country...

With enormous thanks to Jen and Ross for a truly fabulous few days at Brodie Castle, and to Lisa, Lorraine and Bonnie for giving me several great excuses to explore - and even go out in - my home town for the first time in, err, more years than I care to remember...

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Elizabeth Weir
I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info
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crossing the border...crossing the border...
crossing the border...

(For the cynical non-Scots amongst you, please note the blue skies!)
Brodie Castle, outside the Laird's ApartmentBrodie Castle, outside the Laird's Apartment
Brodie Castle, outside the Laird's Apartment

So much for the word "apartment"... a small mansion in its own right over three floors, with corridors that lost me my sense of direction (admittedly, this is easily done)
the distant spires of Nairnthe distant spires of Nairn
the distant spires of Nairn

For the first time ever, I experienced "big sky" in the UK, thanks to this fabulously endless beach at Nairn






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