Where do you AB'ers live?

[Garmard]

I hail from near Belper in Derbyshire, where do you lot come from?

[poodicat]

annie stirling is a beautiful place

[boxtops]

We saw Runrig in Northampton two years ago, brilliant set.

[annie0000]

My kids went to a Gaelic nursery, but it wasn't our local school - they do however offer full time Gaelic speaking education all through primary, but moat of the kids don't have Gaelic speaking parents although some of them try to learn along with the kids. I'm not good with languages and to be fair, as a lowland Scot, it isn't my national language anyway.

[MarkRae]

It's good to be young and daring, boxtops... ;-)

[askyourgran]

Know what you mean about the tracking Dundurn, MK is all roundabouts and all the villages look the same. My daughter lives in Wolverton just outside MK, she would like us to live down there but MrAsk hates it. My son-in-law is a mechanic for Formula cars so that is where the action is for him Silverstone, Brands hatch.

[annie0000]

I like it poodi, it's like a mini Edinburgh so I feel really at home here - did you live here or just visit?

[poodicat]

Was on a course at the sherriff court annie

[askyourgran]

It's good to be young Markrae

[boxtops]

Stirling is lovely annie, we were there last year. OH is from a military family and we went to the Castle to see the Argylls' Museum, his dad's grave is in Stirling.

[annie0000]

Just checking that you weren't staying here at Her Majesty's pleasure! Stirling being the home of Scotland's only womens prison. You'd be right in the town centre then - mind you you can get from one side of stirling to the other in about 5 minutes!

[boxtops]

Gran my brother lives in Silverstone (the village, not at the track...)

[piggynose]

pericat, my dad was from drimnagh, and my cousins all live in finglas

[Canary42]

Born in Farnborough (Kent), then moved to Farringdon (Oxfordshire) to avoid the doodlebugs, then back to Herne Bay (Kent) after hostilities ended, then Charmouth (Dorset), Sheringham (Norfolk), Wootton Bassett (Wilts), Swindon(Wilts), Stevenage(Herts), Norwich (Norfolk), Staines(Middlesex), Havant(Hampshire).

[annie0000]

hi boxtops, we've been here for about 6 years now and I can't think of anywhere else that I'd like to be. The opportunities that the kids have here to do anything in terms of sports are fantastic - Good Rugby team, own football team, home to Scottish golf training, tennis coaching and swimming academy, there are basically facilities to get involved in anything, a good university and facilities and the hills on your doorstep! Who could want for more.

Is you father in laws grave in the cemetry up by the castle?

[kawakiri]

cheshire

[cc1]

County Palatine of Lancashire, Bolton to be precise. We never, ever, say Great Manchester, whatever the PO says!

[dundurn]

Tha mise gu math cuideachd, MarkRae, but as a Lowlander by upbringing like Annie I am rapidly running out of my Gaelic! My GGgrandfather was a native speaker from Badenoch but he and his eldest son were the last in the family who spoke it fluently. One of my grandfathers had Irish, however.

Agree with boxtops - Stirling is exceptional - when I was a "bairn" we lived in Mar Place House which is the last house on the right before you go up onto the castle esplanade. It became a shop and a restaurant afterwards - no idea what they're doind with it these days.

Current ambition is to get to the west of Ireland - one of my grandmothers was born in Mayo on KIllary Harbour and that would get me my fix of mountains and sea in one go!