Rhalou Allerhand

Tag: Scotland

  • Verily badass

    I’ve been an impoverished magazine journalist for the best part of a decade. Despite working for a variety of magazines, the most valuable lesson I ever learned about writing actually came from my beloved grandmother Verily Anderson. Not the sprinter, the other granny, whose name I have tattooed across my back to remind me to…

  • Forefoot romance

    After recently travelling north for The Edinburgh Festival and then south for a Norfolk wedding, something strange has happened to me. Against the odds, I have inadvertently fallen hopelessly in love with the Scottish countryside. That one snuck up on me unexpectedly. I always thought it was nice in a, ‘Ooh look at the pretty…

  • Foam me up Scotty

    Since bothering to change my bank details and managing to survive one whole month in The Borders, I think I may now officially be a Scottish resident. Against the odds I’ve endured four weeks of solitude, relentless rain, enormous hills, undecipherable local lingo and the company of one very handsome but rather grumpy Scotsman. I…

  • 10 things I know about Scotland

    Week four of Rhalou in the wilderness. Against the odds I survived last week’s Texas Chickensaw Massacre. I’ve since learned the following 10 cool things about life in Scotland: 1. When Scottish people talk about Ken a lot, they are not telling you stories about their mate Ken. Ken is not a person. Ken means…

  • The Texas Chickensaw Massacre

    Week two of Operation Rhalou in the wilderness and I seem to be settling into country life okay. Thankfully last week’s Chickengate was solved by a quick visit to the local donkey sanctuary that doubles up as a chicken petting zoo. They kindly took Monty the evil ginger cock off our hands in exchange for…