HEY, MEDIEVALIST! Occasionally the sun shines in Scotland.

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

And I can prove it!

Loch Lomond. And yes, I did phone my dad to say "Guess where I am? I'm...I'm...on the bonnie, bonnie banks-- BWAHAHAHAHA!" *collapses and snorts with laughter a lot*

If you don't know where this is, well, you're a bit of a tit, aintcha?

Lochan. The weather was perfect that weekend. I got sunburned and lived on ice-cream. *burp*

Facing West, from the top of Sgurr Finnisg-aig:

Also taken from the top of Sgurr Finnisg-aig, but facing South East:

If you look dead centre you'll see a wee sliver of mountain just peeking over the other -- that's Ben Nevis.

AutumnWrite · Nov 14, 2011

Lovely pictures SP! Makes me long to go back. Our first day there we too, got sunburned, though I must admit the days of drizzle out numbered the moments of sun. Enjoy!

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

I live here.

Those were taken a few months back when I crawled out of my hobbit hole and went to the West coast. (Or near as damn it.)

Sun. In Scotland. Who'd'a thunk it?

AutumnWrite · Nov 14, 2011

Now I'm truly jealous! We spent three weeks driving around GB, but Scotland was the highlight! Spent a great evening in a little pub in Dryman watching football with the locals. Lovely!

Maryn · Nov 14, 2011

Great shots--but why is the sky blue? (ducking) I love that you called your dad with exactly that message.

Maryn, not well-traveled

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

His reply was, "Pfft. Think you're bleeding funny, dontcha?"

(No, really, it was!)

Snowstorm · Nov 14, 2011

Oh, Scotland is SO beautiful. *sigh* I'd love to go back!

Thanks for posting the photos!

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

Trust me; the weather's rarely that good. It was a freak weekend. Freakend? So I timed it well, being away then.

Now, back home, it's raining. *le sigh*

areteus · Nov 14, 2011

Apparently it may be the warmest November for 300 years... according to a news report I saw today... so you may expect more blue skies

It is disconcerting... every now and again here this big yellow thing cuts through the grey sky. It seems to make the clouds evaporate which is worrying because I am sure it is the only thing keeping all the air in!

Shakesbear · Nov 14, 2011

The pics are a reminder of the lovely times I spent in Scotland with my bro. Thanks SP. Mind - once spent a fortnight in Edinburgh and the sun came out for exactly 15 minutes, but it was the summer.

Anninyn · Nov 14, 2011

You lie. The sun never shines in scotland. Those pictures are photoshopped.

bettielee · Nov 14, 2011

yeah, I don't see any kilts, Or Gerard Butler, or Scott Ferguson, or any of the other 2 Scots I recognize.

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

This is the thanks I get for trying to start a mature thread.

Anninyn · Nov 14, 2011

Sorry, Scarlett, we all know you too well.

amergina · Nov 14, 2011

Lovely.

And now I want to go back to Scotland! I had a grand time tooling around the country for two weeks a while back. Fun place to drive, btw.

bettielee · Nov 14, 2011

scarletpeaches said:
This is the thanks I get for trying to start a mature thread.

We don't do mature around here.

I'm really disappointed in you for trying to raise the tone of office party.

And for not posting anything in a kilt.

bettielee · Nov 14, 2011

And is it true you are retiring from writing the sexiful? Where do you see your writing taking you?

Enquiring minds want to know.

Is it true what they don't wear beneath the kilt?!

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

There's a lot going on in the erotic romance epublishing world that makes it increasingly unattractive to me, not least the readers who think they have the right to access authors' private lives.

It's called a private life for a reason.

Plus, HEAs just aren't me. They never were. At most, a HFN if it suits the story. But I'm not the most romantic woman in the world, so mayhap erotica is the genre for me, not erotic romance.

Or erotic-as-a-prefix-before-anything-but-romance.

Whoa. A serious post from SP.

regdog · Nov 14, 2011

Great pics

bettielee · Nov 14, 2011

scarletpeaches said:
There's a lot going on in the erotic romance epublishing world that makes it increasingly unattractive to me, not least the readers who think they have the right to access authors' private lives.

It's called a private life for a reason.

Plus, HEAs just aren't me. They never were. At most, a HFN if it suits the story. But I'm not the most romantic woman in the world, so mayhap erotica is the genre for me, not erotic romance.

Or erotic-as-a-prefix-before-anything-but-romance.

Whoa. A serious post from SP.

Sun in Scotland and a serious post from SP.

That's it. The bird apoxyclips is going to happen sometime soon....

But I wish you much successes with your erotic endeavors.

Oh wait. Too much? Too personal?...

I meant the ones on paper.....

Paul · Nov 14, 2011

scarletpeaches said:
This is the thanks I get for trying to start a mature thread.

So if I were to say

'But Scarlett, the sun shines every time you bend over'

would that dilute the maturity somewhat?

Snowstorm · Nov 14, 2011

bettielee said:
... I'm really disappointed in you for trying to raise the tone of office party.

And for not posting anything in a kilt.

On a windy day.

Deleted member 42 · Nov 14, 2011

Scarlet these are fabulous; thanks so much for posting.

Where would you personally send Yanks visiting Scotland?

poetinahat · Nov 14, 2011

Medievalist said:
Where would you personally send Yanks visiting Scotland?

England.

scarletpeaches · Nov 14, 2011

Medievalist said:
Scarlet these are fabulous; thanks so much for posting.

Where would you personally send Yanks visiting Scotland?

Eng--

poetinahat said:
England.

Why I oughtta...!

But seriously, my favourite place to go is Edinburgh. A complete tourist trap but positively oozing with history. And it's only a short train ride away from my place. Is that a plus point or not?

Bear in mind I'm a history nut. I love art galleries, museums, castles and dungeons* so my answer might not tickle you. (Not you, Oh Hatted Poet. I mean Lisa.)

*Yes, really. Edinburgh is one of only two cities in the world built on top of itself. Dungeons everywhere. Rep point to anyone who can name the other city.

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