On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:49:24 -0600, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-03-23 5:41 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:56:55 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/03/2021 23:22, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:15:07 +0000, S Viemeister
>>
>>>>> Fortunately, our last major power outage here (Scotland) lasted less
>>>>> than a day, and the weather was warm. A wildfire on moorland had got out
>>>>> of control, burned thousands of acres, melted the transmission lines,
>>>>> and even damaged the roadway, closing off the main road across the north
>>>>> coast of Scotland.
>>>>
>>>> I have never been that far north. It is on the list of places I want
>>>> to see.
>>>>
>>> Let me know when you do, I can provide travel tips. Also tea, coffee,
>>> and home baking.
>>> We're so far north, that if I walk up the road a bit, I can see Orkney.
>>
>> A delightful offer and I thank you and hope to take you up on it.
>>
>> I want to get to Orkney, too,
>
>Really???
>
>Bloody Orkney
>Hamish Blair
>
>This bloody town's a bloody cuss
>No bloody trains, no bloody bus,
>And no one cares for bloody us
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>The bloody roads are bloody bad,
>The bloody folks are bloody mad,
>They'd make the brightest bloody sad,
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>All bloody clouds, and bloody rains,
>No bloody kerbs, no bloody drains,
>The Council's got no bloody brains,
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>Everything's so bloody dear,
>A bloody bob, for bloody beer,
>And is it good? - no bloody fear,
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>The bloody 'flicks' are bloody old,
>The bloody seats are bloody cold,
>You can't get in for bloody gold
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>The bloody dances make you smile,
>The bloody band is bloody vile,
>It only cramps your bloody style,
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>No bloody sport, no bloody games,
>No bloody fun, the bloody dames
>Won't even give their bloody names
>In bloody Orkney.
>
>Best bloody place is bloody bed,
>With bloody ice on bloody head,
>You might as well be bloody dead,
>In bloody Orkney
>

I had never seen that.

I do confess that I like out of the way, stark landscapes, be they
damp and overcast or desert-dry and baked by the sun. The very
bleakness of these places amazes me, especially as one often finds out
that over time, humans have lived within the seemingly inaccessible,
barren places.

I love cities, too.