Category: Scotland

Definition of "National"?

*Rant warning, and yes, this may play to the stereotype of Scots, but it’s frustrating!*

Methinks someone at the BBC needs to check their facts a little more carefully about the National Year of Reading.
In this case, “National” means the nations of England and Wales, not Scotland or Northern Ireland…so there’s no “NYR” events or contacts here, we’re apparently not taking part in it, it is not a UK wide event. Any attempt to find a book group, volunteer, or be otherwise involved via their website in anything other than England and Wales would come to a dead end.
Please, please, can someone at the BBC actually check facts before they declare something’s UK wide when it’s not?

*rant over*

The evils of piping

Bagpiping, that is.

Apparently, they’re a threat to the environment, and not just the ears of those subjected to the often-horrifically-bad ones that pipe for the tourists on Princes Street!
Who would have thought that once banned symbols of Scottish pride would help decimate the forests of other nations!

Btw, I can highly recommend the Good Gifts site mentioned in the story, have used them for a few years, and they’ve always got a good present idea, especially the stocking fillers!