Blogs from Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

After a very quiet night in Moffat, a tiny city on the way to Stranraer, we decided to make the most of the day we had left, and drive through Dumfries and on to Stranraer...it was on the way to Dumfries, at around 11am that I realised, instead of staying the night in Stranraer, we could get a ferry over to Ireland that afternoon, and not only save a night's accommodation, but also catch up with mum, dad, KB and Ryan, plus all the relies, SOONER!! EXCELLENT! Iz thought I had been scheming this up for days, but it had only just occurred to me...so we had a quick look around Dumfries, then rang the oldies to see if an earlier arrival would suit them...mum didn't have her phone on, dad's went straight to message bank, ... read more

url='/Videos/2509.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2509.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Hermitage Castle I had one intense week at my new and last placement school. I’m teaching 7-8 year olds or the Scottish equivalent of grade 2. I continued my astonishingly large amount of ecclesiastical involvement this year at a whole school fieldtrip to the local church for an Easter service. Friday was spent watching Happy Feet, where we had a laugh about the backwards, old penguin being Scottish. Then it was Saturday. Only people going through this mind numbing, self depreciating course would understand how much we were looking forward to the break. We had two contradicting lectures about what we should do during the break. One told us that we should give up any vacation and spend the two weeks planning. The other told us to have some fun and get some fresh ... read more