Clach-na-harry

I have been spending time on the phone getting services hooked up and updating our address, usually with call centres in England. They ask for the Post Code and house number which reveals our address as Clachnaharry Road. This is where the fun starts as clearly they are all required to verify the address and have to work out the pronounciation quickly. I have grown use to a brief pause followed by some largely unrecognisable attempt to render Clachnaharry. It isn't that difficult if you take it slow!

Excuses etc

I have been slow updating the blog recently, mainly because we've been busy moving (and therefore offline for a while until internet is hooked up). Our new house is a fairly typical interwar (1933) Scottish stone house with three bedrooms and a very useful box-room which is now full of all the stuff we don't need in a furnished rental. The location is great, overlooking the Caledonian Canal and close to the sea and most importantly it has a great pub nearby. The interior decor is a bit "eclectic" but it has a good size garden that slopes steeply behind the house and has a deck with good views high above the house. Pictures soon.