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Moving To Scotland : Part Two

Welcome back, gentle reader and settle in to hear the tale of Our Move To Scotland, Part Two: The Exhaustening. If you missed part one, it’s available here. Day Two dawned, grey and muggy. By now the girls and Gary were waking up in Edinburgh whilst Zoe, Sammi and the cats had just set off…

Moving To Scotland : Part One

Settle in, gentle reader, and let us tell you the tale of our quest to move all our stuff (and all of us) to Scotland! We begin several weeks before the move, as we gathered for a farewell feast in our back garden. Hilary and Stephen’s adventure northwards was imminent, they had spent the day…

Who We Are And Why We’re Goblins

Before we venture onwards, gentle reader, it feels right to introduce ourselves and to explain why we’ve slapped the label of “goblin” around the place.Just to be polite.  To be called a “goblin” in our household is more or less a badge of honour.It describes delightfully gross, mischievous or otherwise acceptably* naughty behaviour, though behind…

Welcome

“Oh so you do the whole morning with the girls do you? That’s nice of you!” he says, peering down at me over his mask in an approving sort of way.  I am making school-run small talk with another adult. We have both waved our children into the classroom and are making our way out…


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