Happy New Week.
Clare: Got the date right this time !
My sister-in law is Scottish - she's from Paisley but has lived down here for many years now. I'm not aware of any anti-Scottish feeling here and I must say I'm quite shocked that anyone English, who has lived in Scotland for many years, should get abuse of any kind due to their nationality. That's just horrendous.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Heather - Sorry you faced anti-english feelings, I really did'nt experience any of that although I do know it goes on.
By the way, My great grandmother was a scot, a MacMillan! so I have got a tiny bit of scottish blood in my veins!
With all the excitement I forgot to mention a new sighting in our garden:
Cute? Yes. Cuddly? Absolutely not!!
Evening Clare, I lived in Fife for a few years, unfortunately we did experience anti English feelings on many occasions, I remember feeling the relief to be moving back South.
Now thinking back it was such a pity, Scotland is such a beautiful place, I have never been back since I left.
Clare, I also forgot to add after seeing your photo, I made my OH stop the car whilst we were out yesterday, to allow a frog to finish crossing the road, not sure the chap in the car behind took too kindly to it though.
Nice one, Tina!
I do find it incredibly sad that there can be anti-English (or Scots, Welsh or Irish come to that) sentiment in Scotland. I would have thought that enough English people lived in Scotland as well as Scottish people living in England for there to not be any issues over such a simple thing.
Goodness gracious, I've left the country for a week and there's mayhem! Where did all this disharmony come from? I've moved around the UK and abroad for more years than I want to remember and met some lovely people - English, Welsh, Irish, French, Spanish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese etc... I've met the occasional unwelcoming character too - mostly in England, I have to admit. Where I live in the north east of Scotland I have lovely neighbours from Poland, England and Kenya. For me, Scottish independence has nothing to do with whether you 'like' people of another nationality, or even certain individuals of another nationality. It's about making political decisions that are right for Scotland. That may translate into a yes or no. I would hope that everyone would understand the difference.The thing is that it's people who actually live in Scotland who are being given the vote, including my lovely neighbours. That's pretty inclusive democracy in my book.
Hi, Deveronside. It's absolutely right that people living in Scotland are the ones who should vote on such an important issue. What I find sad is anyone using nationality as an excuse to dislike another individual, or to make them feel unwelcome.
Unfortunately, Clare, it happens everywhere and, if it's not nationality, it'll be some other excuse. It's debatable, though, whether it's 'right' for those living in Scotland rather than Scots born who have the vote. Personally, I agree with the decision - and so do my Kenyan, Polish and English neighbours. But not my children who live elsewhere. Can't please everyone!
I see one of our favourite programmes, Downton Abbey, returns next Sunday.
I am having my hair cut tomorrow morning, so hoping the weather stays dry, and then I want to shop for some jeans. I have no decent ones to wear at the moment. Any I have are only suitable for working in the garden, which we have been doing today, but still haven't cut the grass.
Hope you have all enjoyed your Sunday.