| October 28th, 2009 |
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I've found the nearest place where I can get USB broadband reception!
A mere fifteen miles from where I'm currently staying, in the town of Inverurie, I HAVE INTERNETS!!!
Today I walked around the gardens and loch of Fyvie Castle, because we actually had clear weather for a change. In a few days I shall be heading out of Scotland, going through England and crossing to France.
Some notes from yesterday:
Here in eastern Aberdeenshire, we're into the second straight week of rain.
Apparently, this is a thing unheard-of in this part of Scotland, and it's a terrible frustration for many, including many of my kinfolk; they can't lift the harvest in this weather. As well as frustrated, they're bored; they can't do their work, and they can't do other things that might feel productive, like fishing, because the river is running six feet higher than usual.
And there's been flooding, not too far away, which drowned a farmer. I'm rather thankful my kinfolk are up in the Grampians, where the hills keep them safe from floods.
Yesterday I went into Aberdeen, and had a rather startling moment on the road that approaches the city. I drove over a bridge and saw a sign for the River Ythan. Glancing to the side, I saw a river several metres wide that snaked off into the distance.
My great-aunt Hilda tells me that there's a lot of wildlife at the estuary at the mouth of the Ythan, too.
The thing is, near here there's a tiny sign that points up a track. The sign says: "Wells o' Ythan". The source of the Ythan is away up that track, and is an old little well, from which runs a tiny little stream.
It's amazing to think that this is the source of a real and mighty river.
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