After a few more weeks of blogging silence, I figure it's about time to post again. Things have been relatively busy.., possibly not especially interesting, but exciting none the less. Work's been a little slow coming into Christmas, although we did spend a couple of days delivering Christmas trees 35 one day and 46 the next.., ranging in height from 6 feet to 12. It's amazing to see the look of joy on the faces of a hall full of school kids when you bring their tree in, set it up, and cut the wrapping so it unfolds dramatically in front of them. Although, surprisingly, the looks of joy aren't too dissimilar to those on the faces of receptionists in offices and hotels.
Because Work's been slow, I have been able to spend quite a bit of time at the church/building site in Georgie. It's kinda surreal during the week, there's mess, painting, wiring, sawdust everywhere, but come Sunday morning, you'd never know, and it looks almost like a complete building. In the last couple of weeks, we've managed to transform an unpainted room with no running water, a few kitchen appliances and some bench space in it, into a relatively functional kitchen... (there's still work to be done as always seems to be the way, but we feel a lot closer to completion).., we've installed a pretty flash PA system, and continued the ongoing task of patching up all the holes here and there. The fact that the place has been able to function whilst still being built, is due to a lot of hard work by many parties., but in particular, Brian and Anne, he makes mess., (and we all help with this endevour) and she is the unsung hero who somehow manages to ensure that the place is spotless.
So, apart from swinging from scaffolding, knocking holes in walls, running round ceilings with reels of cable, and other such enjoyable pastimes, I've been enjoying the beautiful spectacle that Edinburgh becomes during winter. Because it's so dark for so long, people have a good chance to see the lights strung up in trees.., so, a lot of effort has been put into putting lights in trees. A walk down Princes St at night time is a pretty beautiful sight... if you can avoid the crowds in the winter wonderland..., (the whole of princes st gardens has been turned into a fairground, with an open air ice skating rink, ferris wheel, and other amusement rides, along with lots of stalls selling various foods, mulled wine, and I even spotted a fortune teller last time I was around there.
Chloe (from AURAC) dropped into Edinburgh for a couple of weeks, but I'm ashamed to say, I failed in responsibility to go climbing with her. We tried., and if it hadn't been for a terribly delayed bus, we would have managed a Sunday afternoon at ratho, but alas, it wasn't to be. we did, however manage to share a couple of good nights at the pub, and a great sunset atop Arthur's seat.., (the hill that overlooks the centre of town)
I've been trying (and failing) to climb once a week.., bouldering at alien rock 2 is pretty good, and easy to reach...., Ratho, on the other hand is unfortunately some distance out of town, and pretty hard to access without a car. but it is amazingly huge!!!, I think it's the bigest indoor wall in the world.., and they've just opened a new tilting wall, so the place now has a wee bit of real roof climbing.., (I didn't particularly like the routes on it, but that may be simply due to the fact that I've been eating too much, cycling rather a bit and not climbing nearly enough.
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