Ten years

This weekend ten years ago we moved to Scotland. I will never get tired of this view;



Can't believe how lucky I am sometimes. Of course, life gives us a good kicking now and then, but there's always this to come back to.

My friend of 45 years came to stay a couple of weeks ago. He's 52 and has lost everything...house and home, wife and kids, looking forward to bankruptcy and divorce at the same time. He wrote a song a couple of years ago with the line ''all sense of certainty, blown away and gone''..that pretty much describes his current situation.

Anyway, while he was here he was up around 7am every day, took his coffee and cigarette outside and looked at this view for half an hour or so. I hope it helped a little.

Edit: couple more nearby views:




 

Scotland is one of the greatest places to visit in the UK, especially the west coast north of Glasgow. I lived just outside Peterhead for a couple of years in the late 80s. That's a part of Scotland I wouldn't recommend unless you like the wind in your hair.

I still visit the Fort William area every so many years.

jamesg1213


This weekend ten years ago we moved to Scotland. I will never get tired of this view;



Can't believe how lucky I am sometimes. Of course, life gives us a good kicking now and then, but there's always this to come back to.

My friend of 45 years came to stay a couple of weeks ago. He's 52 and has lost everything...house and home, wife and kids, looking forward to bankruptcy and divorce at the same time. He wrote a song a couple of years ago with the line ''all sense of certainty, blown away and gone''..that pretty much describes his current situation.

Anyway, while he was here he was up around 7am every day, took his coffee and cigarette outside and looked at this view for half an hour or so. I hope it helped a little.

That's fantastic James.

There's no place like home and being able to give some refuge to a good friend is something toward what makes a home so much more than a place.

What a beautiful view to have every day. 

What peak is that in the distance?

James - you really are a good chap - nice heart warming story sir.

The only part of your story that confused me was where you said your 'friend of 45 years'. I'm sure your pubic profile says 'age 35' ??

daryl1968


James - you really are a good chap - nice heart warming story sir.

The only part of your story that confused me was where you said your 'friend of 45 years'. I'm sure your pubic profile says 'age 35' ??

I wish Daryl..no mate, I'm 52 next month.

I'd love to come visit Larry!

Jonbouy

That's fantastic James.

There's no place like home and being able to give some refuge to a good friend is something toward what makes a home so much more than a place.

Nail hit firmly on head as usual JB.

My pal's recent troubles served to remind me to make the most of, and look after what I'm lucky enough to have.

daryl1968

jamesg1213

daryl1968


James - you really are a good chap - nice heart warming story sir.

The only part of your story that confused me was where you said your 'friend of 45 years'. I'm sure your pubic profile says 'age 35' ??

I wish Daryl..no mate, I'm 52 next month.

 
well it's only a number sir.
 
Where did you move from?

Near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Lovely little village, but we couldn't afford to move anywhere local. It's all rock stars and royalty down there now. We needed some land for the horses, and prices up here were very cheap back in '02. Not so now...

jamesg1213

daryl1968

jamesg1213

daryl1968


James - you really are a good chap - nice heart warming story sir.

The only part of your story that confused me was where you said your 'friend of 45 years'. I'm sure your pubic profile says 'age 35' ??

I wish Daryl..no mate, I'm 52 next month.

 
well it's only a number sir.

Where did you move from?

Near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Lovely little village, but we couldn't afford to move anywhere local. It's all rock stars and royalty down there now. We needed some land for the horses, and prices up here were very cheap back in '02. Not so now...

you are at least one of them

Not far from Stranraer then, or are you further up and round on the mull of Kintyre?

I used to travel a lot from Stranraer to Belfast many moons ago and in a former life, but almost always at night so I never actually saw much of the scenery around those parts of Scotland. I really must get back that way again in daylight with some time to see the sights, but it's such a long way out on that headland - over a hundred miles away from the A74 IIRC.

I've an old mate who lives/used to live(?) in Dumfries, I really must look him up sometime.

FastBikerBoy


Not far from Stranraer then, or are you further up and round on the mull of Kintyre?

I used to travel a lot from Stranraer to Belfast many moons ago and in a former life, but almost always at night so I never actually saw much of the scenery around those parts of Scotland. I really must get back that way again in daylight with some time to see the sights, but it's such a long way out on that headland - over a hundred miles away from the A74 IIRC.

I've an old mate who lives/used to live(?) in Dumfries, I really must look him up sometime.

Yes, the A75 is a long old drag, and hardly any dual carriageway. We're about 25 miles from Stranraer, 50 from Dumfries. Lovely countryside around here, but no industry to speak of except forestry, farming and a little tourism.

That's beautiful! And not another house in sight.
 
FBB, are people who live in Peterhead called viruses?
sorry, James, couldn't resist