Well, I am back in Scotland a mere 6 weeks (after 10 years in Ireland), and more than glad to be back. I live in what has been voted the best city in the UK (Edinburgh) and if that wasn't enough, as an X-marker I get free whiskey every time I go down to Dumfries to stay with Pour1Malt.

Here's a pic of Edinburgh this evening - freezing cold but absolutely beautiful: looking up towards the Castle with the statue of George IV in the foreground:



Then in Dumfries last weekend, Patrick (from Norway) and I were saying our farewells to Robertson (till January, anyway)