Tag: Scotland

Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale

Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale – but there are similarities… Banff Bay and Maslin Beach. Scotland in winter, South Australia in summer. Which is which?

Endurance

Why take the ice bucket challenge when you could do the Cold plunge for those in need? This is a charity event to support the homeless run by Glenelg Rotary Club with the Surf Lifesaving Club in August (winter), described by a local newspaper as a “plunge into freezing water.” On the day it was

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Scottish fare

Stopping in the Scottish town of Forfar, famous for the alliterative football results (Brechin City three, Forfar four) and looking for lunch, I eschewed the town’s other claim to fame, the Forfar Bridie – a type of pasty. I was on a mission for something else and I found it in Kenny’s Cafe on the

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