THE GREAT TAPESTRY OF SCOTLAND

Something a bit different.  The Great Tapestry of Scotland was produced during 2012-2013 by about 1,000 people across Scotland.  It is now permanently on display in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.  It picks out important event in Scottish history.  We visited last year and here are a few of the panels, or details from them. When you come to Scotland it is certainly worth seeing.  See https://www.greattapestryofscotland.com/ 

St Margaret was the wife of King Malcolm Canmore

'Dunces' was the nickname of the followers of the the Scottish philosopher and theologian Duns Scotus.

Chepman and Myllar set up the first printing press in Scotland. Meriel Tilling, author of The Observers Book of Sewing, one of our neighbours, worked on this panel.

Waulking songs, the songs of women working on fulling cloth, form a kind of Scottish folk song.

'To a Mouse' is the name of one of the best-loved poems by Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet.

My sister was working with the last company whose paper mill closed.  She got some ribbing about the companies existing for hundreds of years until she started.

Sir Hugh Munro listed the Scottish hills over 3,000 feet and climbed all but one of them. 
"Munro-bagging" is the term used for climbing the Munros.  I have climbed about 70 of them (a good few years ago!) 

Scotland has three languages: Gaelic, used in this panel; Scots, used by Robert Burns; and English.  I have something in Scots brewing just now.