The Enchanted Forest

Dr Anne and the Chairman of STBF attended Event Scotland Awards at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh.  The Scottish Traditional Boat Festival received a commendation.  The Enchanted Forest won all the awards.

Dr Anne and SS visited the Enchanted Forest on Thursday evening.  Dr Anne had booked two tickets online.  They had supper at the Victoria Restaurant with large numbers of families all dressed in wellies and waterproof clothing.  They then walked to Fishers Hotel and joined a short queue before entering the bus at their allotted time.  A short bus ride took them to Faskally Wood where they disembarked.  They walked around the lake guided by people dressed up as Druids.  The theme this year was Flow.  It took around an hour to walk around the lake stopping in particular for a light show at the far end of the lake.  At the end of the walk they paid an additional £1 to enter a tent to listen to a story teller.

SS and Dr Anne enjoyed the experience.  They commend the organisation of the project and the light experience.

Tandia

Courtenay, B. (1992). Tandia. Australia: Heinemann

For the last six weeks Dr Anne has been reading the Power of One and Tandia. One doesn't have to read both books but together they are awesome.  The world of the 50s in South Africa is portrayed in Tandia - the boers, the rooineks, the coloureds,  the mixed race, the various black tribes.  It is what they thought of themselves and each other - the good, the bad, the hate, the love, the rulers, the ruled, the laws of the land and the use of the law. Tandia, Peekay, Hymie, Gideon v Gelenhuis.

Together since the world began, the madman and the lover.

Small can beat big, you must remember only one thing, first with the head then with the heart. 

Does good overcome evil?  Does the head rule the heart? What is the future?

This is the first 10/10 Dr Anne has awarded.