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Saturday, 21 June 2008

Portsoy Boat Festival

Would I be sad to say that getting to ride in the front seat of our new Red Cross ambulance on the way over to Portsoy today was the highlight of my Saturday?
I would say so, but at the same time, I know I get excited over stuff like that, and so it's perfectly normal for me. I also found sitting in the driver's seat and practicing driving techniques to be pretty cool too; a little bit like a young kid when they get to sit in the front of a fire engine for their first time ever at various open days or village/school fetes and if they're lucky, get to press the button to turn on the blues and sound the horn - now that is slightly sad, I'll admit.
But a part from my wee escapades with the ambo, nothing much else happened. Ok, we had the odd casualty, and the usual "where are the toilets?" and in today's case "how much is it to go on the sailing boats?"
However we were lucky with the weather again - dry and sunny with a cooler breeze. I got more sun burnt today than I did at Rockness a couple of weeks ago.
And what I did notice today was how bonnie Portsoy actually is. It's the first time I've ever been in it properly, rather than  just pass through it whilst on a bus or something. It's actually a really nice wee fishing village, and very picturesque, like most of the places along the coast line I guess.
Of course, the duty was another chance to wear the oh so snazzy boiler suits we were given at Rockness. I really love that uniform.

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