The Eighth Edinburgh Gathering. May 2019
We met again in Edinburgh for our regular May dose of splother.
This year we had some new additions to the group, kath55, susanhenna and balancetrois joined the usual crowd.
Below is kath's account of what happened.
This year we had some new additions to the group, kath55, susanhenna and balancetrois joined the usual crowd.
Below is kath's account of what happened.
kath55
Newbie Nerves
Friday
It had taken me ages to find my hotel so was the last to arrive at Spanishscot’s. I approached nervously, prosecco clutched in hand, and rang the bell. Three flights of stairs later, I arrived at the open door (gasping) to the lovely greeting of SS and Deelfi – friendliness, reassurance, hospitality. Venturing further, I met Friedfish, LBBG, Crucigrama and Balancetrois and we enjoyed the most generous meal, catered to everyone’s taste, dietary requirements, effortlessly. Wine and splother flowed.
Saturday
Relaxed. We met up at Waverley en route to the V and A Dundee. I met Claire cher and the adorable little Mateo. It was a lovely trip up the E. coast for me, over the two bridges. The Tay held up. The new Forth Bridge looked stunning from the train and the bit of Dundee I saw was better than I remembered. FF bought us all a Yorkie bar for a reason I don’t remember and we enjoyed a lunch of Arbroath smokie with poached egg with hollandaise sauce. With a glass of white of course.
Back in Edinburgh, I was late (again) for the pizzas due to a cash-machine cock-up in Sainsbury’s but later we went for a drink and I met mr and mrs starrock, mrsm, brontebiro and auntycraft and the splother was again good and the wine flowed.
Sunday pm
At scotty’s. The good vibes were there again. A wonderful spread of food, margaritas, presents and the company of susanhenna, seasal mercurialcrescent and the inimitable starrock. The wine flowed, splother, splother, splother and we all left happy. As mrsm observed, none of this would ever have happened but for Spanishscot.
It was a wonderful weekend. We didn’t, unfortunately, get to meet zhoosh – problems with the harmonium, Uncle Jools and custardy apparently. (I think he was due to bring the roobarb crumble but no matter). I took a couple of books on spelling, punctuation and grammer to give him but theirs allways the next time.
And thanks for everything scotty.
PS I owe someone for the pizza. Let me know.
Friday
It had taken me ages to find my hotel so was the last to arrive at Spanishscot’s. I approached nervously, prosecco clutched in hand, and rang the bell. Three flights of stairs later, I arrived at the open door (gasping) to the lovely greeting of SS and Deelfi – friendliness, reassurance, hospitality. Venturing further, I met Friedfish, LBBG, Crucigrama and Balancetrois and we enjoyed the most generous meal, catered to everyone’s taste, dietary requirements, effortlessly. Wine and splother flowed.
Saturday
Relaxed. We met up at Waverley en route to the V and A Dundee. I met Claire cher and the adorable little Mateo. It was a lovely trip up the E. coast for me, over the two bridges. The Tay held up. The new Forth Bridge looked stunning from the train and the bit of Dundee I saw was better than I remembered. FF bought us all a Yorkie bar for a reason I don’t remember and we enjoyed a lunch of Arbroath smokie with poached egg with hollandaise sauce. With a glass of white of course.
Back in Edinburgh, I was late (again) for the pizzas due to a cash-machine cock-up in Sainsbury’s but later we went for a drink and I met mr and mrs starrock, mrsm, brontebiro and auntycraft and the splother was again good and the wine flowed.
Sunday pm
At scotty’s. The good vibes were there again. A wonderful spread of food, margaritas, presents and the company of susanhenna, seasal mercurialcrescent and the inimitable starrock. The wine flowed, splother, splother, splother and we all left happy. As mrsm observed, none of this would ever have happened but for Spanishscot.
It was a wonderful weekend. We didn’t, unfortunately, get to meet zhoosh – problems with the harmonium, Uncle Jools and custardy apparently. (I think he was due to bring the roobarb crumble but no matter). I took a couple of books on spelling, punctuation and grammer to give him but theirs allways the next time.
And thanks for everything scotty.
PS I owe someone for the pizza. Let me know.