Sunday, muddy Sunday
Bill and I were allowed to sleep in to recover from the Ceili, though I was up at 8:30. After a calm morning, we decided to try to golf, even though a steady drizzle was coming down.
We met our host’s son Graham at a local course and paired off: Bill and Bill vs. Graham and myself. Bill and I were using borrowed clubs - one of which was a Big Bertha driver. I drove straight and far every single time. Unfortunately the rest of my game was bloody awful and Bill and Bill won the match.
When we got home, Bill and I cooked dinner. Grilled steak, with grilled potatoes and onions and grilled mixed veggies (mushrooms, peppers, onions and garlic) and some fresh beans that tasted like snow peas. It was quite good and quite a hit it seems. We really enjoyed the chance to cook, especially American-style.
After dinner I made everyone watch my movies - it seemed to go over well, especially “Gi Ho Lo” (link on the left). Then Bill and I had a chance to watch a little American football. Jets vs Patriots so not much of a game, but the “local” announcers are quite amusing in their inexperience.
Scottish word of the day: “drech” - a descriptive word for bad weather. Rather onomatopeic. I’m not sure I’ve spelled it properly.
Scottish dance of the day: “Dashing White Sargeant” - two groups of three people do a series of semi-complicated maneuvers back and forth. Quite fun, but even more fun when I found out Bill was calling it “Dirty White Sargeant”.
September 18th, 2006 at 12:02 am
I am just loving these comments!! YOu’re doing a great job conveying what is going on over there!!! Do any of the other 4 travellers have blogs? I’d love to see theirs if they do.
Keep up the good work!
love
your sis
PS…Rose was awesome to watch! Too cool!
September 18th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Jason - I think you have another career ahead of you with your writing skills. Our Foundation Zone official found out about your blog and is encouraging other District GSE teams and ambassadorial scholars to create their own blog as well. Say hello to the rest of the Scotland Dream Team and please let them know the pictures are great!
September 18th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
Jaye - I am the only one doing a blog. I’ve encouraged the others to post here, but so far none have taken me up on it.
Mitzi - thanks for the kind words. I can perhaps help others get blogs started. It took me less than 5 minutes to get this one off the ground…
September 19th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Mitzi, thanks for your encouragement to start writing our own blogs. I hope we have a moment at the next stop for Jason to give us some instruction. I think he and I will be staying with Mike Kelly, so maybe that will happen. What I have written down so far is a list of each of the whiskys I have had a wee dram of–if I didn’t keep a list I fear I would forget. It’s a hard life!
If Jason can get me up and running, I may post a picture of a tradition I may try to get started in W-S: teabed. More later, Thorns