Hi & we're moving house!

[telboy]

You could do B&B Ollie.  A lot of Americans visit Scotland in connection with their genealogy research.

We did B&B in Oban and it was very lucrative, although extremely hard work.  You could even consider of using part of the house as a holiday let, Ollie.  That is what we are proposing now that OH is retiring in a couple of months.

Caravan Club 5CL sites are few and far between in Scotland.  You would probably have to put in electric hook ups but then you could get £50 a night for very little work. 

The opportunities for making money are certainly there, not to mention free prescriptions and free university tuition for the children when they are older.     ;D

I don't think OllieC moved there because of the climate - do you?
He did it for financial reasons. But he has the opportunity to make a better life than 'darn sarf'.
Good luck to the boy - I sincerely hope the exchange family don't come this way!!
;D ;D ;D

[telboy]

[OllieC]

Don't worry telboy - the bloke we're buying from is an American and he's moved to Dublin.

Thanks all, fun times ahead!

[cambourne7]

Am green with envy!! Congratulations and we look forward to hearing and seing how you plan on transforming it.

I traced some of my family roots to inverness and have wanted to visit for some time so you might get a visitor :)

John Inglis Nicol
Birth 17 June 1789 in Teawig, Beauly, Near Inverness, Scotland
Death 25 Sept 1849 in Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation: Physician & Surgeon.
Lord Provost of Inverness 1840-1843
His picture and bust are in the Inverness Town House
"information Sheet No. 2: "One of several medical men who became provost was JOHN NICOL (1840-1843). His portrait is near the side door at the stage. He was a remarkable man, an experimenter in chemistry and horticulture, an industrialist, an anatomist - with hints of 'resurrectionist' activities - notable for his efforts to improve sanitation in the town. True to medical tradition he died in 1849 while coping with a cholera epidemic. The portrait of this lively little man is by Robert Innes of Edinburgh". Also in the Town House, in the same room as the portrait, is a bust of Dr. John Inglis Nicol More About http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/photo ... 128&zoom=2"

Through this connection there is links to the clan Chisholm, Macpherson, Ingles & Bruce going back past the 1680s.

My grandfathers side there is a bit of running around especially away from the queen of england when religious differences came about in fact there is a record of an ancestor fleeing to france with a group being invited back under an amnesty one of there group returned to see what the story was and being murdered but did return when the queen changed again. Also a story of an ancestor being sent to Dublin to manage it on behalf of the crown all unproved as most of the records were destroyed in the uprisings

[grawrc]

It looks idyllic Ollie! There are lots of beautiful gardens in Inverness too, so I'm sure you'll get yours the way you want it.

[cornykev]

Nice one Ollie and good luck.   ;)

[OllieC]

Again, thanks for the comments people. We move next week - better start packing!

I have started a blog (with 1 post so far) for those who are interested in following our progress - I know I'm not that interesting but some of you do like to keep track of Annabelle & Thurston!

[bridgehouse]

I wish you and your family well  in your new life. Scotland is lovely. good luck.
   June.

[OllieC]

And the blog!

http://guildfordtonairn.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/why.html

[Jayb]

Good luck with the move  :)

I know early days, but your blog looks great  ;D

[shirlton]

Enjoy your new life Ollie

[caroline7758]

Love the blog already, Ollie. Good luck with the move!

[Paulines7]

Good luck and much happiness, Ollie.

Please keep in touch.

[Tulipa]

Ollie lots of wishes for happiness and good fortune from me too  :) that looks a wonderful house and what a lovely different life your children will have, keep in touch and I will read your blog  :)

[Jayb]

Just checked out your blog again, pictures are great.

Hope the move went well  :)

[OllieC]

Thanks - and right on cue here's an update from week 1...

http://guildfordtonairn.blogspot.co.uk/

[Jayb]

All looks fantastic  :)

[shirlton]

Thanks for the update Ollie. The kids love it anyway.

[pumkinlover]

Wow!!!

[Kea]

Gone green with envy.....wow! You'll be able to grow lovely clean disease free spuds. We use to drive up there from Edinburgh to select our tatties for our research project.

[caroline7758]

Amazing! we went to landmark many years ago- great place for the kids. We also called at Nairn- I recall a mini-golf there, I think? A beautiful part of the country.