Hogmanay (incl. friendly Scots, green hills + more leathal cobbled streets)
January 1st 2006 New Years Eve in Scotland is notorious around here. In fact all my aussie and NZ workmates, and about 90% of OE'ers that I know in general were heading off to Scotland. So I decided to go and see what all the fuss was about, and catch up with Gaynor who lives in Edinburgh.
Hognamay is a Street party, and to be honest that does sound a little odd to have in Scotland where it is ridiculously co
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