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Good Friday Morning, Rusty!
Wow, I think Summer has arrived!
It was a tad chilly out walking first thing, but the sun is very warm now, and we are well into double figures, with a promised high of 19C for this afternoon.
I hope you have similar........or even better?
The schools here have been closed for the Easter holidays since April 5th..........the children go back next Tuesday, the 23rd.
Do you not have similar to this up in Scotland?
I hadn't realised that "innit" is a contraction of "isn't it"?
I wonder if it is a Cockney expression?
I have never heard it used.
What are you up to today?



Hello, Chris!
I found "Elle" on a few sites offering up palindromic girls' names...... here is one:
https://aptparenting.com/palindrome-names-for-your-baby
However, "Elle" is not my name.........it is merely a phonetic representation of the letter "L" , which is the initial of my forename.

Good morning, Elle!
Lovely day here!
Our promised high is 14C. That'll do me!
The school holidays vary here.
The Dundee, Angus, Perth, and Perthshire, holidays are all different.
No idea why. I don't think the Dundee schools are off for Easter.
And Miss O went back to school on Monday, in Perth, as their Spring holiday was over.
No "innit" in ASDA today, anyway!
I am going to be copying more photo's into my Google Photos.
And I came across the last ever birthday card from my Dad to me, so I'll photo that too, for posterity!
His writing is very distinctive and it will be a nice keepsake.

PS, Elle,
Talking about palindromic names...
The lady who presented the salmon programme on BBC Alba last night is called "Neen" MacKay.

Hi, Rusty!
It is interesting that Scottish schools do not 'cover' Easter in their holidays.
I do not recall our Scottish branch of the family ever mentioning the Easter holiday dates ....... and it never occurred to me to query it, until your question yesterday!
Now I have since looked on my calendar and am informed that Good Friday is a public holiday throughout the UK (so including Scotland)
But Easter Monday is NOT a holiday in Scotland , although it is here!
I do not recall a time when , here in England, Easter has not come within the school holidays...…...
Even though Easter is a "moveable feast"!
"Neen " is an unusual name?

Good Friday has been a public holiday for a very long time. I should think this is related to the fact that at one time Christians spent 3 hours in church (noon to 3 pm in my case, as a teenager I hasten to add) on Good Friday. Not sure how many do that any more!
I was interested to see if there is any televised service on Mainstream TV today. There isn't. However, my memory is that a lot of the 3 hours was silence.

Hello, Elle!
No, it has not ever been Easter holidays up here, and when I was young, Christmas was not a holiday, too.
Now, my Collins diary tells me today is a UK holiday, and Easter Monday is a UK and Republic of Ireland holiday, so that would include Scotland, you'd think?
I could well be wrong here, but I've always thought Easter was on the go, long before Christianity appeared?
Neen is a fluent Gaelic speaker and she is from one of the Islands, possibly Lewis.
I am not sure if "Neen" is her given name or a diminutive.
Anyway, here's Neen!
http://salmon-fishing-scotland.blogspot.com/2010/05/salmon-fishing-scotland-salmons-journey.html

I believe I am right in saying that Scottish and English school terms are different - do some Scottish schools have four terms?

Hi, Rusty!
Uhm...I don't really know , Rusty.......my wall calendar states categorically that Easter Monday is a "holiday in the UK except Scotland" but it would be unusual for Collins to be wrong ?
Hold on...... I am going to see what Google says.......
Right.......
This appears to be said generally......
"Easter Monday is a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not Scotland.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, many businesses and organizations are closed. ...
In Scotland, Easter Monday is a normal Monday."
I shall consult the Scottish contingent when we speak on Easter Sunday!
It may , perhaps, vary in different counties?
Thank you for the clip about Neen!
Have you done your crossword?




Hello, Ros!
Is there an especial religious reason for spending three hours in church from midday to 3pm on Good Friday?
We (as Methodists ) would go to a morning service, at 10.30 am., lasting about an hour.
We always sang "There is a green hill...."!


Hello, Kenyatta!
I hope you are and your family are well?
I cannot answer your question about the number of Scottish terms in a year , with any certainty.......
Where some of my family live, near Glasgow in West Scotland, there are three terms in the school year, as there are here in England.
It perhaps may vary elsewhere?

Hello, Elle!
The problem is, Elle, what is a "holiday"?
Who is off? What is closed?
Certainly not everybody, or even most.
It is a vaguish concept to me.
Do the buses run, are the shops open, are the GP surgeries closed, are the schools open?
And why are there "bank" holidays.
Mind you, up here it is hard to find a bank that is open, never mind one that is on "holiday"!
Very sixes and sevens, this "holiday" business!
One thing I have noticed in the last few years, is that there is horse racing today, and at one time, not so long ago, there was no racing on Good Friday.
The school holidays are at different times up here, depending on where they are.
In my vicinity, there is Dundee, Fife, Angus, Perthshire, and they all have different school holidays.
Yes, my puzzle is complete.
A good one again today, innit?

The Three Hours' Agony (also known as the Tre Ore, The Great Three Hours, or Three Hours' Devotion) is a Christian service held in some Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist churches on Good Friday from noon till 3 o'clock to commemorate the three hours of Christ's hanging at the cross.

Copied from Wiki, elle. I can't remember!