Saturday 13 June 2009

Day Trip - Blair Drummond Safari Park

Another great day out - this time to Blair Drummond Safari Park.
Here are some of us taking the boat to Monkey Island ...
Derek, Alison & Amy
Lynne, Chang & Tobi
Jessica, Sarah, Sugu & Fu Yu


Here are just some of the animals we saw ...




























Saturday 6 June 2009

Lilias Day

Lilias Day is a festival said to be named after Lilias Cuninghame, daughter of an 18th century laird. In the past, Lilias Day was celebrated with a cattle market and races, and then with a procession of men from different trades banging drums and waving flags. Nowadays there is a fancy dress parade through the village ending at the local park, where there will be a host of different stalls & events. This has become one of our annual events for international students


Chang, Ania, Sarah & Jessica wait for the parade which is led by the town crier ...
As always, we are grateful to Neil & Anne Pitcher for their generous hospitality, a scrumptious BBQ and some great games.