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I spent Saturday afternoon, surprisingly Sunny as it was, in a pub with a wonderfully disparate group of folk whose only common thread was simply that we write weblogs, and have some connection with Scotland. Organised by Gordon of Scottish Blogs fame, we had folk from Belgium, America, Iceland, and even the odd Scot or two. Some even from Edinburgh…

Delightful to have met you all: Neil, Gunnella, Peter, Chameleon, Will, Corrinne, Steve, and Svetlana. I see that my cringing at the number of cameras in use didn’t get in your way, and there are some great photographs appearing. Unfortunately, I was somewhat sensitive on Sunday to anything really, so didn’t get around to putting anything up myself until now. As much as I love photography, I suspected there would be cameras aplenty, and chose to focus on my other specialised subject, rambling about anything that comes to mind, and – of course – drinking beer.

I think we were all a bit surprised by the music that appeared on the scene. As much as it was delightful to start with, it soon – to me – got a bit repetitive and grating, particularly the obligatory silences when the singers started up. If it had been just a swift drink or two, it’d have been fine, but as we all wanted to talk and listen to each other, it soon got in the way. The only consolation I have is that The Blackfriar would have been noiser still, as they frequently have live bands, and louder music, and that Babbity’s is usually much much quieter. I’m not sure the curious inquisitor understood what we have in common with each, but who knows, maybe it’ll eventually click….

Anyway there’s something particularly enjoyable looking back to spending time with such wonderfully diverse people, from such varied backgrounds. I think there were a few folk – my better half amongst them – who just thought I was doing something altogether harmless in writing my weblog, and that nothing much would come of it. That I’ve made – I hope – some new friends who all had such interesting stories to tell, and had such different views of the world really made it worthwhile. A great afternoon. Cheers to you all.

Update – seems that Neil wasn’t kidding when he says he was a journalist. That trepidation I felt was unwarranted though, he’s written the whole thing up very positively.

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