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Highland 2007 I would like to know what events are planned by the Glenboggin Community Council to celebrate Highland 2007 - The Highland Year Of Culture! It is also the year of my 40th year of spinsterhood since Angus Murdo MacPhie left me at the alter. A good ceilidh could be just the place where at last I can find love. Posted by Edie MacWakity on 16 March 2006 Thanks for the query Edie - well do I remember when that cad, Angus Murdo did his runner. If I hadnae a fine woman o my own in Ella I'd have married you myself on the spot! We've asked for the annual Glenboggin Midge Luring competition to be considered as part of the Year of Culture. As you know Edie, it involves nude pipers standing in the heather, smeared with honey and blawin for all they're worth to attract the wee blighters. The winner is the first piper to be completely invisible under a coating of midges. We only had three pipers last year when Nicol 'No-Cure' Maclure won with his pibroch dedicated to his Great-Grandfather, 'O Why Did Ye No Emigrate to Canada When Ye Had The Chance?' He attracted a full body covering in 27 minutes and 14 seconds, only the third time in history that the 28 minute barrier has been broken. However, with Year of Culture sponsorship we hope to bring in many more pipers next year, including some from foreign lands. Posted by Dougie Hoots-McLaffery on 23 March 2006 I've been carving one of my champion spurtles out of one of my own granny's corset stays that should be flexible enough to lend itself from its traditional porrige stirring calling to one of lathing on of the honey. I would be proud, nay honored if I could present this to the committee for this wonderful cultural event. Of course I would be happy to teach the honey smearer how to wield this magnificent tool effectively, or indeed take on the smearing of the honey myself! Posted by Edie MacWackity (Miss) on 30 March 2006 Thanks very much for the offer Edie, but sadly the International Midge Luring Association (IMLA) have laid down very strict guidelines on this very subject. Para VI, Clause (e) of Rule 15 states "upon commencement, each contestant shall strip and swim the length of a 14ft trough filled with heather-honey, immersing each and every part of his body" I believe the IMLA had the wellbeing of spinster's like yourself in mind when making this ruling at the annual congress in 1949. This followed the tragic happenings in the 1948 world championship, when Agnes McGinnes became over-excited whilst lathering a young piper, snapping her spurtle in half and causing serious injury to a very tender area with the jagged edges. The spurtle, a family heirloom, was irreparably damaged in the incident and Agnes was cast out by her family. Posted by Dougie on 04 April 2006 I remember Agnes well. A wee flighty slip of a lass who's family have always used sub standard materials in the manufacture of their spurtles and bring the spurtle making tradition of Glenboggin into disrepute. It is a shame that her carelessness and over enthusiatic wielding of the spurtle has robbed me of this opportunity to take part in the magnificent event. I shall write to the IMLA and ask them to reconsider - especially as I will shortly be bringing out a line of high tensile strength (yet flexible) titanium plated spurtles from my corset stay range which I know would satisfy their stringent safety regulations. Posted by Edie MacWackity on 12 June 2006  THE HAGGIS HUNT Sirs... I am interested in organizing a Haggis Hunt for our American cousins o´er the Pond. We would like to book the Glenboggin Arms Hotel for 15 weeks - needing 65 rooms - at a cost of 10 pounds per day per guest! We will supply our own cowboy hats, rocking horses, plastic sherrifs badges...and our own Wellies! I can be contacted at the above e.mail address... Posted by Tam the Bamm on 04 March 2006 If you need any extra rooms the McSporran Rural Hideaway can offer 35 rooms at £30 per day inclusive of cold showers and midge repellant. Posted by Mrs Mcsporran on 20 September 2006 Where are you? Please can you give me directions to get to Glenboggin? I spent all last weekend driving about the outskirts of Fetterannie looking for a sign but couldn't find one. You're also not shown on the latest AA road atlas. Posted by Chris on 27 January 2006 How can you miss it man? The only thing I can think of is that our teenagers have been stealing the signs and using them for surfboards again! If you're really stuck, just ask Mrs McDougal at the Fetterannie Dolphin Aquarium. She'll point you in the right direction. Posted by Red Ken on 27 January 2006 |
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I digress, this guestbook fits the bill.
Much of Boffin Island, where I resided for many years, is as yet uncharted. We don't really need to. We either fly there or get the natives to take us to our destination. None of this Sherpa stuff though, oh no, I walked every step and carried every sandwich I ate. I miss those days when I could eat 2 loaves of sandwiches a day and never put on an ounce. Come to think of it I must order some bread, haven’t found the baker yet. That’s my project for this afternoon.
So you see, I feel completely at home here in the back of beyond in territory which even Google hasn’t charted, ahem, no disrespect meant to the good people of Glenboggin.
If any of you wend your way to my door you will be most welcome.
Church – what do you recommend? Is it worth the trip to Loch Ness Minster, or should I support a more local church?
Best wishes, Nudge.