Daisy Chains and Picnics

Fortunately we still had a couple of tins of haggis left, so I used one to make a haggis wellington see  here . We were out during the day and then had to take Cerys to her friends in Margate so I had prepared the wellington before hand. It turned out better than I thought it would, the pastry was flaky, the whole thing just went well together. I used the remaining whisky sauce to pour over the tatties. So that was it, another Burns supper done and dusted.

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftan o the puddin'-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye worthy o' a grace As lang's my arm The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o need, While thro your poems the dews distil Like amber bead. His knife see rustic Labour dight, An' cut you up wi ready slight, Trenching your gushing entrails bright, Like onie ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich! Then horn for horn, they stretch and strive: Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve Are bent like drums; The auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 'Bethankit' hums. Is there that owre his French ragout, Or olio that wad staw a sow, Or fricassee wad mak her spew Wi perfect scunner, Looks down wi sneering, scornfu view On sic...

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The main reason for our trip back to Scotland in 2014 was because my dad was really quite poorly and we knew it was only a matter of time so we made the journey home to spend some time with him. We also managed to squeeze in a few sightseeing trips to help ease this particularly sad time for the kids. We stayed with my mum in Kelso for 3 weeks while we were in Scotland, visiting dad in the care home as often as possible. The girls were born in the borders, we moved to Kelso from Aberdeen in February 1998 when Darren was 6 years old, so this was the place they knew from birth and had gone to nursery and primary school, so it was a great chance for them to relive some old memories, especially Cerys who was only 4 years old at the time of moving to Australia. Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish Abbey in Kelso. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander 1. On a deckchair in g...