Meal do Naidheachd!

The Forth Rail Bridge

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, New Town

    The Forth Rail Bridge has become the newest site in Scotland to be awarded, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge is the sixth site in Scotland to have world heritage status. 

    The others being Edinburgh's Old and New Towns, the Antonine wall, New Lanark, St Kilda and Neolithic Orkney.

The Forth Rail Bridge

Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Old Town

    Meal do naidheachd! Congratulations, being the translation.

P.S
Charlotte Square is where the Edinburgh International Book Festival edbookfest.co.uk is held in August each year.


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#ForthRailBridge #UNESCO #Edbookfest #Scotland #Edinburgh

Just Can't Get Enough

Dunbar

St Andrews Harbour

   US cinema goers just can't get enough. No, not of the three letter word beginning with S and ending in X, although it does start with an S.

    Scotland is their favourite film location according to a recent poll by, USA Today  and I've included some photographs that say it all.
 

Linlithgow Palace

Wallace Monument, Stirling

Friendship

Feeling down in the dumps,

Because I'm thinking I'm going to fail.

But I always know you'll be supporting me all the way,

So for you I'll come up trumps.

Overwhelmed with sadness,

Sitting down and talking to you gets it into perspective.

Making me realise the thoughts I had were just madness.

Amigo, freund, ami, friend, I love you,

Because you always stick around.

With our friendship we are truly bound.

Unconventially Taxing

Tolbooth, Clackmannan, Scotland

    Paying taxes causes most of us to take a sharp intake of breath. I was wondering if we made our payments in quaint buildings if it would lessen the pain? Probably not.

    I've included pictures of two buildings dating back a couple of hundred years that were used for that purpose amongst other things, which I find kind of cute.

Tolbooth, Dunbar, Scotland

Midsummer Celebrations

    The Summer Solstice is here, whether we call the celebration Litha, St John's Day, or the Festival of San Juan, it doesn't matter.The superstitions and myths add to the celebration of the day with the longest number of daylight hours in summer.

    Which means to me, more time to take in the beauty that surrounds me in my garden and public spaces. One special place is my 80 year old neighbour's garden which she tends with loving care and I've included some photographs so you can share the pleasure too.

    Have a great Summer Solstice, whatever you're doing.

Start Walking the Walk

 

 
    Governments, education departments and schools continually condemn bullying. However, in some of our schools the bully is being allowed to carry on doing what they do best and that is intimidate others.

    I hadn't really planned to write about this today, but recently I heard of a teenage boy who has been relentlessly bullied over the last few months. The school has seen video footage of him being attacked and acknowledge that there is a problem.

    But, instead of the guilty being disciplined, the school has said that it is better the boy (victim) move school. Why, so the bully can move on to someone new?

    Why talk the talk when there is no intention to walk the walk?


#antibullying

Dropping Anchor

Anstruther Harbour

    The stormy seas that surround Scotland have historically brought many seafarers to our shores when their ships have ran into trouble. Back in September 1588 as the Spanish Armada retreated north, following their defeat by the English Navy, they too were hampered by bad conditions.

Village of Anstruther

     Ships no longer seaworthy, lack of food and fresh water, meant that several ships dropped anchor and the sailors had to seek refuge on Scottish soil. The small Port of Anstruther, on the Firth of Forth, East Fife, is where some came ashore, choosing never to return to their native land.

    When I visited there the other day I could see why many of the Spanish sea-man settled here. The clear water and golden sand could easily be mistaken for a small fishing port in Spain, making it a home from home. Of course, I'm sure the beautiful Scottish senoritas had something to do with it too.

#Anstruther #Scotland #Spain #Spanish Armada