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Webcams
- Edinburgh webcams
These are a little grainy at times but offer great opps to eitehr look at the Castle which seldom changes--or Princes street which does. - Dartmouth webcam
Mostly this view from the Castle Hotel (a village hub--pretty good fish and chips--nice fireplace) is of the boats in the inner harbor. When the tide is out the boats sit on silt. Sometimes the webcam just says Java--but it gets over it. - Cafe Alfresco webcam
Cafe Alfresco is the best breakfast joint in Dartmouth--cool food, cool music and their own cool webcam. - New Zealand web cams--
Lotsa New Zealand webcams--alll in the sun. A feel good check in when it's snowing here.
The Sheepdog Experience
- B and B with Sheepdog Training
Homely Delamford Farm near Ayr (and not far from Prestwick) not only offers farmhouse b and b, but training for handlers as well. A short walk out the farmhouse door and over the nearest hill takes you to the cave Robert the Bruce stayed in on his way to battle King Edward at Glen Trool in 1307. - Border Collie Flask
You'll need this to hold your Glenmoranangie - Goose Patrol
Sheepdogs are versatile critters. - International Sheepdog Database
Scroll through and count the Spots, Caps, and Mo's. - Kiwi Sheepdogs
New Zealand is of course where all the sheep have gone and sheepdog trials are huge. - Lake District Sheepdog Experience
Fancy having a go at running the dogs? Book ahead to enjoy a nice day out at this lovely farm in the Lake District. Totterbank Crosthwaite Nr. Kendal Cumbria LA8 8 HX United Kingdom Contact / bookings to Alan and Chris on: (T) 015395 31440 email us eldardy@aol.com - Sheepdog Movies
We all know about Babe but our family favorite is Mist—who shares the real life education of How to Be a Working Collie - Sheepdog Trials USA
Just in case you're in Oregon and keen to see how it all works—the US runs an excellent sheepdog competition as well—with $40,000 in prize money! - The Sheepdog Trial Trail UK
Trials are held across the UK—updated every Tuesday, the ISDS let's you know where and when. - The Shepherd's Barn
Bucolic accommodation on a working sheepdog farm in Quernmore, Lancashire near Lancaster and an hour from everything else. Sheepdog training available as well as duck herding lessons (!). - The Working Sheepdog Website
Care to try this at home? Everything you need to knows here, including DVD's, videos and How to Blow a Sheepdog Whistle - US Border Collie Rescue
Homes Wanted!
Doc Martin and Port Isaac
Skye
- Maillaig eats
Maillaig can be pretty lively in the summer and has lately offered up some very nice places to stay and eat. We stayed out of town at a lonely and creepy "lodge" (yet another place where we were the only ones in residence besides the landlady in red lipstick and evening clothes) but ate at the Tea Garden and can heartily recommend it. - Caledonian Ferries
Talk about hearty--these ferries go everywhere in all seas. If you happen to be on one with a gift shop take a look at their excellent signature fleece jackets. The ship cafe's full Scottish breakfast is pretty tasty too--if you have a sailor's cast iron stomach. - Isle of Skye tourist information
Portree's TIC (tourist information centre) is located just up from the harbor and is a popular place to pretend to look at maps and brochures when waiting for a rain deluge to slow. Backpackers stow their sopping wet bags and run across the street to use the public facilities. Beware the sadistically enthusiastic TIC staff advice on climbing.
Swell Country
- Fox hunting Controversy
Hounds killing foxes in an organized hunt was banned by Tony Blair's government creating a rift between countryside and town voters. Defiant fox hunters carry on.... - Behold the hebrides
A Scot waxes warm on the joy of peat - Tesco
The superstores sell pretty good baby and toddler onezies and tee shirts. Otherwise shop local. - National Trust Holiday Cottages
Expensive holiday lets but almost always in amazing places.
New Zealand Gravity
- How would YOU see the drain empty?
Right Brain/Left Brain--watch the dancer spin. - Myth 3: Does water swirl counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? From Science Geek Girl
The answer: yes and no. When applied to toilets and sinks, this is one of those “too good to be true” science factoids, I’m afraid. But it does apply in some situations. - Understanding the Coriolis force
See--all the research says the water goes the same way despite the hemisphere and dependent on the way the sink is made--a scientific fact I would believe if I hadn't SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES - Atmospheric gravity waves off New Zealand
NASA records actual atmospheric gravity waves--in pictures
Tickets to New Zealand
- New zealand Surf Webcams
webcams--you have to love them, the truly perfect antidote to not being able to be there. Look closely at the Fitzroy Beach webcam in mid February--that's me--the one with the silly hat waving her arms madly at the toddlers headed for the surf. - Southwest Airlines--connecting to Air NZ
Okay maybe there are cheaper ways to connect from where you are to LAX but Southwest is the only airline that allows you the same baggage allowance as Air New Zealand--two whopping 50 pound bags free. Stowed away. This means you can either bring lots and lots of presents to your loved ones in Rotarua or bring home a very nice NZ surfboard or some Marlborough pinot noir. - Air New Zealand
US Air New Zealand site--click into flexible dates for a month's fare scan but note that these are a bit of a bait and switch as soon as the computer says getting full--the fare in the lowest category changes. It may however change back the next day--or not. Theirs are some of the best economy seats long haul--however that still doesn't mean you don't arrive with pretzel legs.
