Malvern was where I spent my secondary school years. As Mum and Dad moved up to Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, a few years ago, I’ve not been back for a while.
Thankfully, Malvern came to me in July, when my school friend Debbie came up to Edinburgh for a few days. Between reminiscing with me about school days, and trading American history details with Dan, we kept her well occupied.
We even had some heat, although we explained this was not what a summer in Scotland was about. We also sneaked her in to the wedding of some friends so she could experience a Scottish ceilidh, and lined up a man in a kilt to birl her roon the dance floor.
Debbie is now hard at work again in Cheltenham, keeping the young ladies in order. I hope we’ll manage to make it down to visit her in the New Year – and perhaps a trip over to Malvern to see how it’s looking.