Originally Posted by
Tallsar
Moray has always been like Marmite......I was one who liked it.....but there are many who never will.
What you cannot get away from, for a large part of the English air force Scotland is a foreign place. It takes a day to drive out and a day to drive back. It costs more to holiday from there.
They can also be very clanish. Mrs PN worked at the Raigmore. She had two patients from the Western Isles who would speak not a word of English with the nurses until they found Mrs PN was English. They made an exception and would speak with her but not with the Scots nurses.
Or one day when Mrs PN opened the door:
"Good day to you Mistress, we're from the kirk."
Good morning.
"Ah, you're English, but you'll have married a Scot?"
No, he's English too.
"Good day to you Mistress, the Episcopalian church is . . . "
A rite warm welcome that was.