Scotland is superb at any time of year, but Chris Leadbeater finds that there’s even more than usual to celebrate today
Scotland could not have picked a better patron saint than St Andrew. Never mind all the fishing in Lake Galilee, the turning up at the Last Supper, and all that other Bible stuff – here’s a man who is happy to have his day in the ecclesiastical calendar on Nov 30 (today!) when the rain is usually pouring down in Edinburgh and there are four hours (ish) of daylight in Aberdeen.
Still, that’s no reason not to raise a glass in this first-century fellow’s direction, nor to stay away from a country which, let’s face it, is the most beautiful in the UK. There are details aplenty of…
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