Wandering Scotland

Living Life one Crotchet, Quaver and Flight at a Time.

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Take me back! I've not even been back at university that long and I feel in desperate need a holiday once more . . . . #holiday #ineedaholiday #highands #scotland #scotlandsbeauty #nofilter #nofilterneeded #glencoe #kinlochleven #lochleven #blogger #travelblogger ##scottishblogger #lovemycountry (at Kinlochleven)

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My Favourite Instagram Posts of the Week 12/2/17

Hi guys, How’s your week been? Mine’s been great! A week off really does do wonders when you take it to sit back, relax and just stop for a minute. I have a really bad habit of filling weeks off and breaks from uni with all sorts of stuff, then end up really busy and don’t really have a week off, just a week without uni instead. This week started out like that, but I forced myself to keep the…

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Is Trump Really the Problem?

Hi guys, So after waking up today to find that 2016 still had at least one more ridiculously stupid political result left hiding in her skirts, it got me thinking.

I completely, utterly and wholeheartedly believe that Donald Trump is worse than the mysogonistic, arrogant, racist pig that he has been revealed to be on this campaign trail. He just happens to have a spectacularly good campaign team…

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To Bus or to Train, That is the Question

Hi guys, So I spent my wonderful weekend in Kirkcaldy, to spend bonfire night with Katie and her family for bonfire night. It was fab; there was wine, soup, explosions and time well spent with good people. 

On my way to Kirkcaldy I travelled by train. On my way back by bus. Both have their advantages, but they both also have their disadvantages. I personally prefer to train it, but sometimes…

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My Favourite Instagram Shots of the Week 23/10/16

My Favourite Instagram Shots of the Week 23/10/16

Hi Guys,

  This week’s favourite Instagrams have a bit of a theme. They’re all of marvellous far away places, inspiring the Wanderlust and sparking ideas for travels and journeys. Without further ado, here they are.

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Grand Teton National Park 🗻courtesy of @jkwinders #travel

A photo posted by 🌍Travel Places (@toptotravel) on Oct 22, 2016 at 12:43am PDT

  “It is a rough road that leads to…

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My Favourite Things About October!

My Favourite Things About the Month of October!

Hi guys,

When did it get to October?! It was June like two days ago! I was getting really excited about America and Summer and sunshine and…and now it’s October,  and it’s back to hard work and uni and singing and fresher’s flu…

Don’t get me started on fresher’s flu. I’ve been ill for over a week. It was in my throat,  then my nose, then all over, and it’s now having a last-ditch assault in my…

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My Favourite Instagram Shots of the Week

Hi Guys,

Instagram is one of my favourite social media apps, and for one simple reason. As someone who likes, no, needs some good visuals in their life, I love scrolling through an app just chock full of pictures. Pictures of food, pictures of animals, pictures of places, pictures of anything! I love Instagram!

I love to use Instagram for inspiration. One picture posted might spark an intense…

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That Time I Went to See the Queen and Sang in a Big Round Hall.

That Time I Went to See the Queen and Sang in a Big Round Hall with @NYCoScotland

Hi guys,

I don’t know if you know or not, but I just spent a rather wonderful weekend in London. What was I doing there? Oh, just a wee bit singing, wee bit (very bad) dancing, wee bit drinking (for others a lot of drinking) and, nearly forgot, I also made an appearance on the TV. Yes, my ugly mug was on the telly! And I didn’t break any cameras! Result.

I have to say, if you’re headed in a…

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Featured image courtesy of fellow NYCoSian Donald Feist. Check out his twitter for more ab-fab shots!

Hi guys,

So…Day 1. Here goes!

Why do days of travelling always have to starts so early?! Why?? I am not a morning person. What is a morning? Ask me to stay up to 4am and I won’t even question it. Ask me to get up at 4am and I will slap you, throw a tantrum, slap you again and then storm off in a huff…and then get up in the morning huffing and puffing when the alarm goes off. WTF?! I do not understand my body. Why is it so confusing?? Explain!

So as you can guess, I had to get up at 4am to catch my flight. Not cool. Especially as we arrived at the airport nearly half an hour before the check in desk was even open! What was the reason? I got out of bed for this!

Like I said, not a morning person.

I promptly fed myself upon passing security, and this may have aided in improving my mood. I don’t tend to get too hangry, unlike a certain roommate of mine who knows exactly who she is, but if you add an early morning and the stress of airport security, which is always way more stressful than it needs to be, then imma be a wee bitty grumpy. Can you really blame me? But a spot of Wetherspoons full English at 5 in the morning did improve the situation just a tad. Food is good, and don’t you ever forget it.

One thing that will always cheer me up when going on holiday is sitting in the departure lounge watching planes taking off and landing, and yes, I do admit my reactions get a little childish, but I care not. I’m going on holiday, just you try and stop me getting excited. Try it. I dare ye!

Our first flight was short and uneventful. I was only travelling with around about a third of NYCoS, and we still filled the plane to almost full capacity! A plane full of NYCoS t-shirts and sleepy, grumpy choristers which led to a quiet flight with the majority of its passengers out cold, which is probably an air hostess’ dream.

Then came  my first ever long haul flight, which, in truth, was not as bad as I’d been told it was going to be. Really. I had room to shuffle and shift, there was only one person to squeeze past when headed for the loo, movie selection was purdy decent, and there were some stunning views out of the windows at times.

We flew over Greenland about Halfway through!

What a view!

As we had gone through U.S Pre-clearance in Dublin (one of the few airports outside of the U.S. to offer this) we did not need to pass through immigration upon arrival to the States. This saved us considerable time, meaning we could just step off the plane, head straight to baggage reclaim, and be on our way super snappy. Fabulous!

Top tip: tie a piece of ribbon or the like to the handle of your case to make it more easily identifiable at reclaim. I had kind of forgotten what my case looked like after this lengthy flight, but found it no bother looking for the multicoloured ribbon attached to the handle.

We did get very excited when we arrived at the airport and there was a rather bright bus waiting outside. We thought it was our lift to the hotel. It wasn’t. Ours was fancier, and air-conditioned, and luxurious.  Oh, the life of choristers, it’s just so difficult. How do we cope?

Oh how we hoped this was our bus to the hotel.

I realise this post has just been me shouting and complaining about getting up early and flying, so I might end it here and tell you about my evening in a later post. As you can probably guess, I like me bed.

Do you guys enjoy long-haul? Any horror stories? Was your first long-haul better or worse than you thought it’d be?

Why does flying always happen so early?! Here's America Day One Part One! Featured image courtesy of fellow NYCoSian Donald Feist. Check out his twitter for more ab-fab shots!

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NYCoS on Tour - BBC Proms in London

Prepare for a shameless plug masquerading as a post. @NYCoScotland

Hi guys,

*Prepare for shameless plug and link to tickets for concert*

So I’ve been home for, what, just over a week, and I’m already getting details through for the next NYCoS trip of the summer! Exciting! What a jet set lifestyle, eh? Oh, and that next trip, nothing more than a wee trip to good ol’ London town for a sing-song in the big round building otherwise known as the Royal Albert Hall.…

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America the Beautiful - NYCoS on Tour

America the Beautiful - NYCoS on Tour @NYCoS @NYCoScotland

Hi guys,

Well here I am, home,safe, sound and thoroughly jet-lagged. I mean, I am so tired right now, it’s ridiculous. Who invented jet-lag, I want to smack him, send him on a twelve hour flight, and then smack him again! Seriously.

Anyway…

For my first time in America I think it went pretty damn well. I mean, it’s not every day that Maestro Donald Runnicles tells an audience that the choir they…

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A NYCoSian Summer

Hi guys,

So by the time this post will be up and published I will be in America!! You have no idea how excited I am! I have never been to the States before, and it will also be my first tour abroad with NYCoS. Aaah! Have to admit though, if I could get to America without the 8+ hour flight I’d be highly appreciative. I’ve never done long-haul before. Not all that sure I’m looking forward to it.…

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The Living and The Dead - My New Guilty Pleasure

Hi guys,

So I have a new television addiction, and it’s not something I usually watch…

‘The Living and The Dead’ is a supernatural thriller on BBC One, starring Colin Morgan in the central role of Nathan Appleby, a pioneering Victorian psychologist recently returned to his family’s estate. Upon his return home strange unnatural events begin to plague the estate and the people working the land.

No…

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There’s No Place Like Home

Hi guys, When you look at all the different travel blogs out there people have so many different ways of travelling. There’s the Nomads, people who have no home base. They travel all over the…

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captain swan + melting my heart with such otp worthy lines