Feb 29th to March 3rd 2008 I had my interview and got the job! Yeah! It is at "DS2" which is a manufacturing company that makes office screens and office chairs. It is in the Duckburn Industrial Park, right here in Dunblane next to the Dunblane Centre where I go for my exercise classes. It is a 20 minute walk and I intend to WALK as much as poss...

Feb 23rd - we drove through all the country back roads that we could on an afternoon trip to Perth and back. 85 miles. Please look at the photos for details by double-clicking them to enlarge them and see more writing about the photos and our trips. If you start with the first picture you can click next picture to move through them all. The last...

Feb 22nd Well, we just had a successful trip to Edinburgh today. We left at 8:30 to pick up Lesley & Guy (9:50). We stopped for gas on the M9 and were in a terrible storm. The winds were insane and driving rain. I was not happy on the motorway with that nonsense. Lesley phoned while we were stopped and said their flight was delayed and don't...

Here are two videos, one of our flat and one of the courtyard just outside. If this works I will add more.

Feb. 16 - Did our first big shop at the huge Sainsbury's in Stirling. We bought a lot for £37 including quite a bit of chicken, turkey and some fish. We were glad to find ground turkey. We drove to find our next accommodation in Cooperage Quay, Riverside. It was quite a shock and I am a little disappointed in how different it is going to be from...

Feb. 11th 2008 Good news....Stirling Albion football team has won 2 games in a row since we have been here! We have brought good luck. We will soon be ready to write a self-help manual on how to open a bank account, get a library card and car insurance! We have not actually achieved any of these, but are sure that it will happen this week. We ha...

Feb. 10th Sunday (£1=$2) We have been to the Uni again for Steve to have orientation. We have had our first night of not getting up with jet-lag. We have had our first day trip in to the country - using the book Charlotte gave Steve for Christmas. It was fantastic and we wondered up to the grand old Castle Campbell. But it was £4.35 to go in, so...

Feb. 8th & 9th We walked in and around Dunblane, which is a small ancient and ultra cute village. Found some fabulous pie shops...see photos. The river Allan is what we have to cross to get back and forth, but there are a few pedestrian bridges. We looked inside the pubs and are dtermined to start trying the locals. Yesterday we were feeling...

hello all, australia day was brilliant but chilly. i'd like you all to know we still went to the trouble to have a BBQ despite the pleasant temperature of 1-2 degrees. we've also been planning our trek to the west highland way in february which will be lovely! a good way to see some scottish highlands. anyway, i've tried to put up some pictures ...