The Anonymous Widower

World Porridge Making Championships

I don’t think I’ll mind missing this, as porridge isn’t my favourite food.

But I suppose it brings the tourists to the Highlands. Especially, as it says this about Carrbridge in Wikipedia.

In 2009 the village took on the BBC claiming that the Corporation constantly got the weather wrong which was putting off tourists. Local businesses claimed that BBC weather reports on television and on their website constantly reported rain despite there being no rain whatsoever. Locals stated that the BBC generalised the weather to “rain in Scotland”. Carrbridge became a minor celebrity with the story appearing on national news networks and the quiz show Have I Got News For You.

It does have a station though. However, it would appear that direct trains from London don’t run, although on Sunday there is a direct service to come home. You have to travel via Glasgow or Edinburgh. Perhaps, it’s a plot to keep the Sassenachs out?

October 6, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Food, News | Scotland