Scottish Weather Lessons #1

So yesterday morning I thought, ‘oh it’s been warm this week, I’ll just wear my short jacket to work’. I always carry an umbrella, and I took the big super strong one yesterday. It’s got reinforced struts and is quite large, but the first time Angus put it up he managed to turn it inside out (???how I don’t know!) and it took us about 5 minutes (in the rain) to get it back around the right way! Anyway, I had the umbrella. I walked out our flat and up the hill and it was raining gently, but this didn’t bother me much. By the time I got to the bridge it was pretty windy and the rain was coming down. Normally when I cross the bridge with the umbrella up I’m a bit nervous that I might get picked up and blown off the bridge, so I hold the umbrella with both hands! This time it’s pretty bad, and I can’t really use the umbrella, so I’m getting a bit wet… By the time I’ve crossed over to the end of the bridge the rain has turned to horizontal-ish sleet. Hmm. Perhaps I should have worn my longer jacket today. The sleet continues as I walk through town to the office, and by now I’ve given up trying to keep dry, just hold on the umbrella and keep walking! It started snowing before I got to the office, which is a little kinder but still pretty wet! When I got up to my desk I realised I was soaking wet, so it wasn’t the happiest start to a working day I’ve had!

Lesson’s learned.
Watch the weather forecast.
If it’s forecast to rain sleet and snow on the way to work, wearing a) longer jacket and b) waterproof pants is sensible.
Weather here is amazing!! And apparently it get’s worse – it was warm yesterday but could have been 5 or 10degs colder!!!

Today I wore my waterproofs and looked a bit dorky but I’m over that anyway!

Today is Burns day (or Burns night tonight to be more exact) to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns. Shame on you if you don’t know who Burns was (check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns) if you are interested. (anyone heard of the song Auld Lang Syne?)Apparently the thing to do is read his poetry and eat haggis. So we’re going around the corner to our friend Amy’s place and apparently they are cooking haggis! Yay, home made haggis!

On the weekend we’re off to Aberdeen, the Granite City.

Cheerio,
Selina & Angus