A busy Sunday. The local farmers hard at work putting up decorations for the village harvest celebration. Down beyond the potato barns the ladies of the village are delivering freshly baked cakes to the village hall kitchen. The weather again on its best behaviour. Some cloud out at sea when we set off on our morning tour of the village but by mid-morning the sky is clear and the sun beating down in a 'continental' fashion. It's 24 degrees by mid-morning .
In town Freshers week is underway. The last of the parents gone. Our usual walk past the lecture halls and down to the golf courses blocked by a throng of teenagers wearing their red gowns for the first time.
On a Sunday, after church , they follow an old tradition and walk to the end of the pier and back. There must be a couple of thousand milling around. Certainly far too many to squeeze into the chapel. I'm guessing that the religious part of this routine is overlooked amid the joy of getting to meet people .
For older students the semester starts in a weeks time. For the newcomers there's a week of getting to meet their tutors, learn the geography of the place and ( if the marquee going up is any indication ) party hard.
After Sunday lunch 'The Font' goes back to the wee house in town to hang a picture. The golf tournament is still underway ( After a slow start Team USA storm back to win ) and parking is a nightmare. It takes twenty minutes to find a space. A full three hours after the first brave souls set off the students at the back of the queue are still heading towards the pier. Everyone exudes that combination of excitement and happiness that is the trademark bubbly optimism of the eighteen year old. This is a good time of the year to be here.
I'm not sure what the tourists make of all this. Perhaps it's seen as quaint and charming. 'The Font' thinks the uninitiated may think it's some sort of cult.We find another Scottie down by the pier. Today we'll try to get pictures of the ones at the bus station and the town gate.
And another video showing how remarkable the weather has been :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtS_Zqo75h0
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The sea breeze is blowing some interesting hair colours across the smiling new student faces! It reached 27C here in Aberdeen yesterday.
Nothing beats that excited optimism.
That's a very jolly Scottie.
Finally some rain here and cooler temperatures, but on the dog walk this morning the humidity was practically crippling. Even the dog was glad to get home!
The pier walk looks like so much fun for those kids. Certainly nothing like that here in Glasgow, but we have been sharing your lovely weather and enjoying the city nonetheless.
Hari Om
Ten degrees less over this side... but still bright and cloudless, so that'll do! I love yellow, so am predisposed to love this Scottie! YAM xx
Youth embarking on an experience that will change their lives. Learn well.
Learn well, indeed! I love 'rainey day scottie.'
A fun Facebook app for the Scottie trail has a map showing the locations of all the dogs. There's one by the theater you might see, Angus. Is that the Billy Connelly one?
Freshman year of college...what a learning experience in so many aspects of life.
Judging by the off the shoulder gowns of some, there are some 4th years at least mixed in there. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/orientation/once-you-arrive/academic-dress/
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