I have to confess to being guilty of not keeping up my information. It was a pretty busy summer and I can't believe we are now into October.
After spending most weekends at highland games, things have finally settled down a little. After competing all summer, Tristen tied with another piper for the award of Champion Supreme in the Grade 5 under 18 category. His award will be presented at a special ceremony in Kingston at the Royal Military College. The governing body is the PPBSO, aka Piper and Pipe Band Society of Ontario. This year marks their 75th anniversary so it's part of the celebrations. We're looking forward to our weekend in Kingston the weekend of October 22nd. Photos to follow later this month.
September was a little quieter although I did spend a couple of weekends up in Kincardine helping my friend Kay close up their trailer. Her husband had surgery and is now in a rehab facility recovering from leg surgery, until he an come home again, so she and I managed to get everything done before the snow arrives.
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| Me with a chain saw - a very scary sight! |
Tristen and I attempted to go to Edinburgh, Scotland with Patti for a 48 hour layover. Unfortunately we were flying out the Saturday before the Queen's funeral and we didn't get on. We are hoping to give it another shot this coming weekend. I have no problem spending Thanksgiving in Scotland. In fact I'm planning to spend another few days there after Patti and Tristen leave. I loved the city the last time I was there and look forward to exploring it more. I'm staying at hostels, which are a very budget friendly way to travel.
As I write this I'm also watching Compass from PEI on my Roku TV. I get the program at 5:00 here, live from the island. It is now day 11 after hurricane Fiona roared through the place. The devestation that I'm seeing is gut wrenching. My friends in Fort Augustus finally have power back on but some areas may not get it back until Sunday, which will be 16 days post storm. Those of us here in upper Canada have no concept of what it's like, although we were there in 2019 for Dorian, but it was nothing like this.
It's not going to look like the same island next time I visit. It's going to take a long time to recover from this.
