I write this on the first full day of a week's break in Scotland. We've just had a rather hectic time - Joshua's birth (and all its sequelae), Ellen and Roo for a few days, the Palmers down with us etc - and we are intending to recharge our batteries by not doing a lot.
A flight from Exeter to Aberdeen, with a short stop in Leeds/Bradford, followed by a 45 minute drive took us to Mar Lodge. A cottage down a track in the middle of not a lot. Comfortably appointed. I think this will do us very nicely.
Lots of walking is on the cards but, conversely, so is taking it easy. Which will win?
I haven't blogged for a while (laziness), despite so much going on in the world. But nothing changes - it's still a mess. Here are just a few of the things which cause me to get hot under the colour:
* The machinations of our coalition government. How many people expected what we have got? How can the Lib Dems continue in government with them?
* The situation in Libya, Afghanistan etc etc.
* The same old/same old situation in Israel/Palestine. And no sign of any movement towards a settlement which is anyway favourable to the Palestinians. I'm just reading a book called 'The Blood Never Dried', subtitled 'A people's history of the British Empire', whch deals with our involvement in the establishment of Israel. Yet anothe shameful episode in our colonial past.
* Starvations and violence in Somalia.
* The seeming impotence of President Obama in the USA to get real change in that country. I suppose that the attention will now swing towards re-election, with various vote grabbing headlines.
There are so many other items and causes on this list but I won't go any further. Quite frankly, it's too depressing for the first day of our holiday.
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