Scotland

I write for a number of sites and I was recently writing for Virtual Scotland about Tony Blair when I just totally lost it. The article started of reasonably well with a basic rundown of his life but by the time I got to his days as British PM I found that all the good I had to say was negated by the war in Iraq and the likes. I had decided that I was going to write her about the wonderful Scottish city of Aberdeen and why it was such a cool place to take a weekend city break but I can not help but think about all the choas that seems to be going on there at the moment so I will add a quick bit about that first.

Of late Aberdeen appears to have been in the Scottish news on an almost daily basis. Apparently the local Council is forever in need of saving money and the drastic cutbacks are hitting hard. It seems strange that the third largest city in Scotland seems to be in a dire financial situation and I find myself wondering where all the cash went in the first place. The other reason Aberdeen is in the press every week or so is the planned golf development by Donald Trump.

Like many I was thrilled to hear that Mr Trump was planning a large scale development for Aberdeen. Golf plays an incredibly important role in the tourism of Scotland and a world class golfing resort is exactly what is needed for the region but my initial pleasure is slowly turning to disgust. I keep hearing that Mr Trump is pulling out of the deal and each time I hear it, it is in response to him not getting his own way about expanding his original plans. I get the distinct feeling that this will eventually be a fantastic thing but we will lose a great deal in the process!

Oh, there I go again. No sooner do I get started on a topic and I find myself up on my high horse again… With wind farms planned for so much of the beautiful Scottish countryside I can not help myself wondering what the country will look like in a few years. Why on earth don’t they put these farms offshore? Yes it costs a fair but more but the visual impact is negligable. I also wonder how the beautiful countryside around Aberdeen will look during and after the development of Mr Trump’s huge enterprise. It puts me in mind of visiting the area to grab a few photographs before it has gone forever under the evergreen carpet of corporate golfing.