Sssh don't tell England but we have it better up here

[Idaho]

Hope it's still good in a week and a half's time when I get to the Cairngorms!

 

[sparkling]

Hope it's still good in a week and a half's time when I get to the Cairngorms!

I could see snow on the top of the Cairngorms earlier this week.

 

[Idaho]

I could see snow on the top of the Cairngorms earlier this week.

Don't mind that. Just want some dry weather from time to time.

 

[eatmorecheese]

Beyond my sister in Kilmarnock I don't know Scotland at all.

Have booked a week near Ullapool in July with the dogs and really looking forward to it. Ridiculous that we've not gone sooner.

 

[geminisnake]

Don't mind that. Just want some dry weather from time to time.

good luck with that! Today is dry though

 

[sparkling]

Weather has been good this month.

positively balmy today.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Today is exactly the 30th anniversary of my one and only trip to Scotland, apart from a day trip to Glasgow in 2016, I think it was. The weather was brilliant then as well. In retrospect those days were the high point of my life.

 

[friedaweed]

I appear to be the only person in Inverness wearing shorts

I've seen people in shorts in Inverness in January. Walking boots and a bubble jacket. She must have been 60 at least. She gave me a light in the pissing down rain because I'd soaked mine.

 

[sparkling]

I made the mistake of taking of a layer of clothing and not wearing my hat at the weekend. I was freezing cold watching the children play in the sea. (I am a bit like a tender plant, I need to harden off before taking of any layers yet whereas the Scottish children, my grandchildren included think that any glimpse of the sun is an indication that its time to get out the paddling pool or go in the sea, the North Sea mind!)

 

[equationgirl]

The North Sea is always freezing, no matter what time of year it is.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

I made the mistake of taking of a layer of clothing and not wearing my hat at the weekend. I was freezing cold watching the children play in the sea. (I am a bit like a tender plant, I need to harden off before taking of any layers yet whereas the Scottish children, my grandchildren included think that any glimpse of the sun is an indication that its time to get out the paddling pool or go in the sea, the North Sea mind!)

Ah just get in there! We used to swim in it in Nairn every year. Give it 5 mins after the initial shock to get used to it and it's fine. We would always be burnt to a crisp as well, I think maybe the suncream wasn't waterproof back then? Or we just had none on.

 

[eatmorecheese]

Never neen up here before. Only been here an hour and want to stay. Badluarach

 

[JimW]

Never neen up here before. Only been here an hour and want to stay. Badluarach
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Is that Stac Pollaidh in the background? We used to go up that way nearly every year when I was a kid.

 

[krtek a houby]

Never neen up here before. Only been here an hour and want to stay. Badluarach
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Ooh, how beautiful is that? Reminds a bit of parts of Kerry.

 

[Sue]

So that's a firm no from me.

Would you volunteer for eight hours of midge bites?

A firm that makes insect repellent is seeking candidates to find out how effective their product is.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Voley]

So that's a firm no from me.

Would you volunteer for eight hours of midge bites?

A firm that makes insect repellent is seeking candidates to find out how effective their product is.

www.bbc.co.uk

Have just sent that to my wife. Midges bloody LOVE her.

 

[Voley]

Is it true that they like people with rare blood groups? I swear I can wander over a moor relatively untroubled and they'll positively swarm around her.

 

[Sue]

Have just sent that to my wife. Midges bloody LOVE her.

They love me too. And not just midges -- any bloody fly-y bitey insect. (I'll count Madame Voley out too, yeah?)

 

[Voley]

They love me too. And not just midges -- any bloody fly-y bitey insect. (I'll count Madame Voley out too, yeah?)

Yep. Plus she reacts really badly to the bites. A horsefly bite once made her whole upper arm swell up.

 

[newme]

I appear to be the only person in Inverness wearing shorts

Are there other people in inverness?

 

[savoloysam]

Are there other people in inverness?

There's no need to go that far

 

[newme]

There's no need to go that far

Idk where it is to know how far but from Cornwall, a fair distance lol, fairly rural here, im surrounded mostly by fields.

 

[savoloysam]

Huge distance. I think Inverness is the most northern tip of mainland UK

 

[Sue]

Idk where it is to know how far but from Cornwall, a fair distance lol, fairly rural here.

Inverness is about 150 miles north of Edinburgh so yeah, pretty far from Cornwall...

 

[Sue]

Huge distance. I think Inverness is the most northern tip of mainland UK

No. Over 100 miles from Inverness to Thurso which is pretty much the northern tip.

You two need to work on your Scottish geography.

 

[newme]

Inverness is about 150 miles north of Edinburgh so yeah, pretty far from Cornwall...

I knew Scotland, that was far enough, I prefer to keep the safe side of the Tamar. Thar be Dragons, also no pasties

 

[savoloysam]

No. Over 100 miles from Inverness to Thurso which is pretty much the northern tip.

You two need to work on your Scottish geography.

I'm English. My ignorance is expected

 

[Sue]

I'm English. My ignorance is expected

Is it? Why?

 

[gosub]

I knew Scotland, that was far enough, I prefer to keep the safe side of the Tamar. Thar be Dragons, also no pasties

Ginsters and pucka but pies are different in the main

 

[savoloysam]

Is it? Why?

Stereotypes?