Author Archive
Posted in January 26th, 2008
I have been out searching for Postman Pat (and his black and white cat) recently. I found his glorious ‘royal mail’ van, but couldn’t manage to get a snap of Pat with it – he was just too quick. Watch this space for a pic of our favourite postman… I WILL FIND HIM!!! (Sorry Grill, […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 25th, 2008
Hi all. THis week has been absolutely nuts. I will write all about it with heaps of pics shortly, but am just about to leave for edinburgh for the weekend. Went skiing, went to edinburgh, another burns night… I will update as soon as i get the chance!
continue reading.....
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Any harry Potter fans out there? I found the Whomping Willow! It’s a pretty uncanny resemblance don’t you think?
continue reading.....
Posted in January 22nd, 2008
Heading out for games: Coming back from games: After it rains, parts of the school get ridiculously muddy after the kids run around on the grass. Great fun!
continue reading.....
Posted in January 21st, 2008
Every Sunday, the boarders head off to church, accompanied by us four gappies and the headmaster. This is the local church, just 2 minutes down the road. It’s absolutely stunning!
continue reading.....
Posted in January 20th, 2008
I didn’t really know what a ‘Burns’ night actually was. All I knew was that i had to wear something tartan, and it was a dinner for the seniors at a high school about 50 mins down the road. But it was so much more…
continue reading.....
Posted in January 20th, 2008
Yesterday, I was coaching the first XI hockey boys in their first match of the season. Problem was, the school we were playing was at Arberlour, about four hours north of Crieff. So a huge bus journey for one match.
continue reading.....
Posted in January 20th, 2008
Just a quick note on how to navigate around all of my posts! In the top left hand corner, there is a ‘categories’ window. All of my posts will be arranged according to this. e.g. to see all of my nights out in scotland, click ‘Social (in scotland). Or, on the right hand side, there is […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 19th, 2008
Today was my day off, along with Kat. Being in a foreign country, I was eager to get up early and start exploring. So, I got up at 11:00 (ha ha, did you actually think I would forego a sleep-in? – or a ‘lie in’ as they call it here). Kat and I decided to […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 19th, 2008
Our next assignment on our day off (keeping in mind that we are poor gap students) was to raid every op shop (‘charity shop’) that we could find. Next week, us gappies are attending a ‘burns’ night at the local high school. It’s an informal dinner/entertainment at which all the seniors at the school attend. […]
continue reading.....