Leaving Again

The past 10 days have been spent in Edinburgh, hiding away from Wales and enjoying doing the touristy type of things I always seemed to have missed when I was studying up here.

The main event was the whisky fringe. Over the 4 hour period I sampled various whiskies, mainly Scottish, although there were some others in the mix. They ranged from the excellent ones to the just plain nasty. From the smooth, to the smoky, peaty type. It's all personal preference, so this is just my opinion.

Recovery the next day was uneventful thanks to the magic healing powers of Lectade Small Animal. Tastes fairly horrific on its own, but mixed with orange juice it's pretty useful stuff.

Over the next week we visited Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Moffat and various other places on the way.

One of the more shocking places was the Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park at Kirkcudbright. Some of the enclosures were so overgrown you couldn't see animals, in others the animals appeared ill - one poor stork had terrible bumblefoot - and it looked like it could do with a good tidy. There was a snake handling session where no-one was instructed to wash their hands afterwards. I could go on, but it's just depressing.

Anyway, today I'm heading off back to Wales for about 3 weeks. I don't know when I'll return to Edinburgh. It feels more like a final goodbye this time. I'm just off to uni to say goodbye to various people, then I need to pack.

Hopefully I'll return soon.