Growing Snowflowers

LONG WAY ROUND

We just finished watching 'Long Way Round' the documentary-ish show about Ewan McGregor and his buddy Charley trekking around the globe from London to New york (via Eastern Europe, Russia, Mongolia and the States) on a couple of touring bikes. WOW! I absolutely loved every minute of it and am excited to watch the new adventure 'Long Way Down' where the wiley lads trek from the tippy top of Scotland all the way down through Africa, Egypt, the Sudan and to Capetown in South Africa! If you are looking for a great DVD to watch, this is it! I love Ewan, he seems so 'real' and 'honest', probably 'cause he's a good Scottish lad eh! I have a 'thing' for Scotland, my Mum's family has Scottish ties, and I spent a wonderful Hogmanay up there in a castle when I was a young lass.

Did you ever notice, both our girls names are decidedly Scots?

Piper & Paisley - AHA!

Well...that's it for now, just wanted to share with my meagre readers the pleasures of watching two lads on motorbikes roughing it in the wilderness...oh, I have to say the scenery and filming in Mongolia and Russia was astounding...the 'Road of Bones' in Eastern Russia is just so....well, it left me pretty speechless.

Watch a snipit here

If you watch the entire series, you will see the boys visit an orphanage in Mongolia, Ewan was so touched by a little two year old girl there that he and his wife adopted her soon after. Another thing I like about this chap, is he isn't all Hollywood...he just seems like a nice down to earth guy.