Redroofs Forfar

Ok this post is a re-write of an earlier post, just toying with my writing style. Most enteries were written very quickly and not in Scottish rather than proper English just want to see which one I prefer:

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I awoke this morning to find myself in bed with a strange Thai girl. Strange in the sense that I had ...

We left Edinburgh fairly early on the 26th We had listened to the weather and some roads were closed, schools were shut down and essentially it was some terribly miserable snowy weather. Thankfully the major impacted areas did seem to be in the highlands, and that was not quite where we were headed just yet.
Our goal – Banchory the pl...

After an 18hr journey and having been awake for well over 30hrs I'm back in Scotland. I stepped off the plane in thongs, shorts and tshirt into a blazing sun but it was still rather cold, 0 degrees according to the in flight temperature guage. Gonna have trouble readjustiung to this I think but everything will be fine.

There was snow a...

Its only 4 days since I finished the PhD and it is taking a little time to adjust to having time for myself for a change. I am currently sitting at home researching my trip to Central/South America but its difficult to shift my attention to a new type of research. Since Mexico is my first stop I've decided to start there but there is so much to ...

A full day's drive north to the Scottish Highlands, and Ros drove the full distance, claiming it was due to her insurance restrictions. The trip took us back down the mercury "lane", as well as memory lane. Temperatures barely reached double digit figures for the couple of days I was in Scotland. Meanwhile Brian keeps me up to date with pxts of ...

...not in Auchtermuchty, but in Forfar near to where Lavender, Jen's fairy godmother lives. Jen has spent many special times in Scotland with Lavender over many years since the 70's and we felt very much part of her extended family. So, it was a very warm welcome, but the climate seemed a little closer to the Artic than we had prepared or dress...

Saturday's British Open round played great for me. A Wisconsin guy had tied the course record and was in the final pairing w/my favorite golfer, Sergio Garcia. I couldn't believe that I might play witness to either's first major victory. Garcia's famed for being in it on the start of Sunday but out of it by the 15th...Stricker's good for getting...

After Saturday's British Open round (see entry "Steve Stricker!" for details) I had the fun game of trying to find someplace to sleep for the night. I had hoped to be able to find someplace to crash in Carnoustie, rather than heading back to Dundee, but thanks the rain and the fact that the town hasn't heard of eaves or covered entry ways, I was...

So I finally made it to Carnoustie. I got into Dundee last night after a 12 hour bus ride! I immediately went to a pub, if only because that was the only type of business open and I deserved a beer after my long day. I supposedly met Andrew Carnegie's great-great(-great?) grandson. Haha, the guy's in his 60's and he's still trying to use the fam...

Our trip from Inverness to Forfar was once again leisurely, no rushing. We stopped at Culloden Battlefield, where the clans fought and died, then on to Blair Castle, Blair Atthol. This is one of the larger non royal castles. It is completely white, and once again has so much history. We took the self guided tour through the castle - just breath ...