Blogs from The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 15

Bonjour à vous tous! Alors, que s'est-il passé depuis mon dernier chapitre? Je suis revenue de l'Irlande, j'ai repris les cours mardi de la semaine dernière et j'ai commencé à réaliser qu'il me reste très peu de temps ici. En ce lundi 27 avril, il me reste officiellement 4 semaines d'enseignement à Arnold, mais c'est un peu moins que ça parce que la plupart de mes élèves partent en study leave à la fin de cette semaine ou dans 10 jours. Il ne va que me rester les plus vieux, les Upper Sixth Form qui vont finir leurs jours à Arnold à peu près en même temps que moi. Mais ce n'est pas la fin encore et il me reste quelques aventures dans les vieux pays. Je veux aujourd'hui vous raconter ma fin de semaine en ... read more

The Scottish Highland were quite an adventure. Incredible scenery, so beautiful and so much history! ... read more

Day 2 After an uncomfortable and boring night in Gairlochy campsite, I got up early(7am) and had my breakfast and packed my stuff away. My plan was to get to Fort Augustus by late afternoon(24miles). The next village to stay was South Laggan, which was only 8 miles away. It was too close to make it worthwhile staying as it would only take 2 hours to walk there and I would have to spend the entire day hanging around in my one man tent. After South Laggan the only other option apart from wild camping was Fort Augustus, so onwards I went. This days walk was a big improvemnet on the first one. The first part to South Laggan was over an old military road. Very straight and not that high so I was able to ... read more

Mat: Well summer, if indeed you could call it a summer, is over. The leaves are falling, as is the thermometer. We were lucky to have quite a few friends and family visit us here at Lady E’s after our Europe trip, so I thought I would pop a few pics up of our recent Scottish escapades. The day before Trace left Slovenia to fly back to Scotland, she found out that the visa she had been writing an application for was changing - in six day’s time! The new and improved “innovator’s visa” required a £200,000 investment from the applicant, not the type of money we have kicking about. So, upon arrival back home, Trace spend a frantic five days drawing together the application that we had previously been intending to consult an immigration specialist ... read more

"The Scottish Government has announced new measures to ensure that stocks of haggis are reared along humane standards, ensuring a cruelty free environment and nice death. In a deal with the Scottish Greens, thought by commentators to be a trade off over the recent budget controversy, all Scottish caught haggis will have to achieve a live weight of 1.2kg before slaughter and be fed on a diet of worms and mixed grain. Haggis stocks are low due to a high uptake for Burns night and pressure from corporate shoots to provide plenty of entertainment for paying customers, though Haggis beaters, who depend upon the high volume, will be petitioning the Scottish Government on the issue. In other news, Afghan farmers will be selling Fair Trade heroin in selected outlets in Britain . . . . " ... read more