Daisy Chains and Picnics

  Scotland have secured their spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 19 Nov 2025 Scotland have qualified for the men's football World Cup for the first time in 28 years after beating Denmark 4-2 at Hampden Park .  The road back to the World Cup began with a gritty goalless draw away to Denmark, the section's top seeds, and ended with a wondergoal-laden 4-2 victory over the same opponents. In between, Scotland rarely dazzled. After one Hampden double-header, in which they somehow dug out unconvincing and fortuitous victories over Greece and Belarus, the team was even booed by its own supporters. Later, 3-0 down in Athens and with Denmark only needing to beat the Belarussians at home, it seemed certain that automatic qualification would elude them. Belarus claiming an unlikely point in Copenhagen set up their fateful finale, however, and goals from Scott McTominay, Lawrence Shankland, Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean - three of them among the team's all-time best, and two of them in...

  Happy Burns Night 2022 We enjoyed the usual haggis, neeps and tatties. And, yes I did add a wee dram before serving 😜 After tea and when it started getting dark we looked out some snacks and watched Brave outdoors. It was a bit cooler so we wore some cosy P.J's and warm slippers. Another enjoyable outdoor movie night.

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...

Article sourced  here Sure, there might be other countries in Europe with bigger castles or beaches with warmer water but do they have the rugged, natural beauty of Scotland’s glens or the quiet stillness of its lochs? Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Callanish Stones, Isle of Lewis Predating the likes of Stonehedge are the giant monolithic standing stones of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. The exact reasoning behind their existence remains a mystery however it’s safe to say the stones (that date back to as early as 2900BC) were used as an important ritual activity during the Bronze Age. Barra Airport, Isle of Barra Where else in the world can you land on the beach? The Barra Airport on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides is the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as a runway. The airport services more than 10,000 passengers annually with flights to and...