Today¬†is one of my favourite days of the winter - as its Burn’s night tonight. A chance for a good party, some great poetry and a few songs. Even if you don’t understand a quarter of what he wrote - and it really is worth studying - Burns’ writings are a joy to listen to, especially when in the company of a few old friends, a good hearty meal and with a few drams. Well that’s my view anyway!

Here’s my favourite:

Its a great time for a celebration as well. January is nearly over and soon the days will really be getting longer and the Scottish holiday season will be upon us.

It’s been a few weeks since my last entry but I promise to be better at keeping things up dated from now on. As well as plenty of bookings for the spring and summer we have been really busy preparing our new website, which all being well, will be live by the start of February. Our current site has really been with us in the same form since we launched 3 years ago, with several up dates as we went along. The new site looks quite different, and has numerous new features. Many thanks to Ben at Hungrybrowser ¬†(what a great company name by the way!)¬†our trusty and very talented web designer.

Will write more about all the new holiday options we are featuring another time, but we did start the year with a fantastic mention in the Sunday Times Top 100 holidays feature - our brand new Family Week on Mull holiday came in at number 16, and was the only holiday in Scotland in the list. It’s nearly sold out as a result.

Anyway I am off to find a touch of tartan to take to the Burns supper Heather and I are going to……..and just for the occasion here’s a wee bit of the bard himself. The philosophy in this poem has as much resonance today as it had 211 years ago;

“Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a’ that,)
That Sense and Worth, o’er a’ the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an’ a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
It’s coming yet for a’ that,
That Man to Man, the world o’er,
Shall brothers be for a’ that.

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