Feeling like the weather...

[Laird_M]

Well its dull and drizzly here in Reading, and that's how I'm currently feeling...

Its been far too long since I was back up 'home' and thought I'd take a look at what to do when we go up to the lowlands next year.

Found some nice stuff and a link to the Isle of Skye tourist site. I'm now feeling VERY homesick.

Seeing all the beautiful sweeping landscapes, the world class sunsets, reading about local delicacies, the smooth Skye whiskies, hearing the soft accents, the fiddle music, the pictures of ad hoc ceilidhs in little pubs with real fires, I want to be back where the majestic stag runs free, the eagles soar on the winds, the haggis play hide and seek with the hunter, where smoked salmon is local not synthetically smoked and expensive...

But no, I'm stuck in dreary Reading eating a lousy sandwich...

[auld argonian]

Try to cheer up...remember that somewhere out there there's a native of Reading stuck out in the boonies and wishing that the was in Reading eating a sandwich.

Best

AA

[biblemonkey]

Well its dull and drizzly here in Reading, and that's how I'm currently feeling...

Its been far too long since I was back up 'home' and thought I'd take a look at what to do when we go up to the lowlands next year.

Found some nice stuff and a link to the Isle of Skye tourist site. I'm now feeling VERY homesick.

Seeing all the beautiful sweeping landscapes, the world class sunsets, reading about local delicacies, the smooth Skye whiskies, hearing the soft accents, the fiddle music, the pictures of ad hoc ceilidhs in little pubs with real fires, I want to be back where the majestic stag runs free, the eagles soar on the winds, the haggis play hide and seek with the hunter, where smoked salmon is local not synthetically smoked and expensive...

But no, I'm stuck in dreary Reading eating a lousy sandwich...

Sounds like you should make friends with a fisherman who smokes his own catch. Smoked trout done right is phenominal! I hear you on this PA weather, though. The yard at our new house is a low grade and has been a swamp for months. Would that the weather were a little warmer. I'd show you some amazing hiking trails to lift your spirits and take you elk spotting.

[Pleater]

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart isn't here.
My heart's in the Highlands, chasing the deer.


I know, I know - the Pennine mountains get me like that.

But it will soon be Christmas, Yule, Midwinter, Saturnalia - that time of year when the hearth is warm and home is the place to be, no matter where that is.

Time to make a cake, maybe some parkin and Turkish delight, lay in stores of nuts and other goodies, delve in the back of the cupboards to find the Christmas pudding and the decorations, check the lights and find a space for the Christmas tree.

Then think how cosy you are, with no snow, few gales, - and that the far North is always so nice to see in the Spring, when it gets there.

Last year wer'n't we all up to the knees in snow and going nowhere, so things can't be that bad unless the jet stream changes course again.

I know what you mean about the fake smoked salmon, but fortunately I prefer it fresh.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Pleater]

Have you checked the weather in Scotland recently?

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Laird_M]

Thanks people. I've been doing a lot of things lately around Scotland, and I just miss the place terribly.

Yes, the weather's not great in Scotland at the moment but snuggled by a fire with the family and a wee dram, the snow would add to the ambience.
Those stuck in the snow may not agree with that sentiment, but hey, I'm a romantic at heart.