A Vat of Burning

Been quite busy lately! But not manic busy, just pleasantly busy.

I finally feel like I have something blog-worthy. Despite being hyphenated, I still like that word, probably because it sounds like someone's surname. Phineas J. Blogworthy. Actually it sounds like a surname of some girl my mother tried to set me up with when I was 16.

Burn 'o Vat is an interesting place within the Cairngorms National Park. It is a sort-of deep 100 ft diameter hole in the ground that has a stream running through it. It has been used over the years as a hide-out for the criminal element.

Very worth while trip.

Burn o Vat

There is a place back home in Nova Scotia that reminds me a lot of this spot. Its call, of all things, The Falls, just past Tatamagouche, near Balforn. I found a video that someone shot there on the internet. It shows pretty much what goes on there:



I realise that this sort of thing was one of the big things I was missing in my life when I lived in Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Whilst those are both nice places, they just don't have the cool stuff out in nature close by to go see. Granted, yes, they do have lots of cool stuff, but a lot of it is a ways to drive.

This is what one should be doing every Saturday they can, get out in the country and enjoy life.