An idyllic landscape
SELINE AUGUSTINE
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An unforgettable day spent in picturesque Kinross, Scotland.
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KINROSS: A slice of paradise
"In our frame of reference here, the sun seems to lose the meaning we generally attribute to it". So said the chirpy Sylvia Swamickan, a Chennai girl who has made Lendrick Muir, Kinross, a picture-perfect rural setting in Scotland her home. When we spent a day with her in June in the 120-acre scenic campus of the Scripture Union premises, we saw why. The sun didn't go down till almost midnight and was up again by 3.30 a.m.
"Everyone talks about the weather here in our village because it plays such a significant part in our everyday life, it affects what we do, what we wear. In winter, we get to see snow, sleet, rain and the sun - sometimes all in the same day," Sylvia said.
Countryside
The SU office manager who used to teach piano to children while here in Chennai, now has a go at mountain biking, archery, ropes course, disc golf, tree climbing, tent pitching, go-karting, inflatables (slide and football) besides regular orienteering for the many kids who come there to camp.
We went on a long walk through the picturesque rolling meadows and found many-hued pheasants take wing as we neared them and the huge brown rabbits hop away to safety. The sheep, they took one look at us and went back to their non-stop chomping, unconcerned. We finally came upon the Rumbling Bridge gorge, a neat little natural wonder. The force of the water (from River Devon) on the rocks below crushes the boulders and you caught on to the name of the gorge from the enormous rumble it produces.
The next morning it was with a heavy heart we bid adieu to the idyllic pastoral landscape and left by bus to Edinburgh, 40 miles away.
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