Can a haggis become your pet?
This time an animal welfare post! As you may not know I am a huge lover of all animals and i`m big into conversation. So I was much concerned to learn that our beloved haggis is now on the WWF endangered species list. You wonder why that bothers me? So let me tell you a story. Many years ago in the mid 80`s, I was a member of the grey funnel line serving Her Majesty and based in Rosyth, Scotland for 3 years. One of our many duties was to chase off french and Spanish fishing trawlers for the local fishing grounds. As per usual any trouble that comes along, the French and Spanish do their usual runaway. This also meant we would spend a lot of time alongside in Scottish fishing villages. We were looked after very well by the locals who were grateful to us for chasing off the French and Spanish. On one of these occasions, a trip was organised for us to visit a whisky distillery. Now this distillery was on an island in the middle of a Scottish Loch. As it happens this Island was ...