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Today will see the iconic Dundee cake begin the legal process of becoming protected under EU law following in the steps of Champagne and Stornoway black pudding.

The move would ensure Dundee is the only place the much loved cake, once a favourite of Mary Queen of Scots, can be made.

With the backing of a Dundee baker, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead will launch a Government consultation for the bid to protect the cake from imitations.

Made with with currants, sultanas, almonds and a sweet glaze, Dundee cake is believed to have originated as a sideline of the long established Keiller’s Marmalade industry.

A Scottish girl on holiday in Melbourne had a wee bit of fun last Saturday...

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/10/01/06/59/grand-final-stripper-blames-free-alcohol-for-antics

:-D

You should get that room reay Ladyscozz!
We live about 10-15 miles from most of the Glasgow venues,.
Due to the rail link between EK and Glasgow,even the cheap motels in this town were almost unaffordable!

A room at the Premier Inn, just a few minutes from our house, usually costs £49 per night.
During the games it was hiked to... £167 per night !
My friend works there and was ashamed that no provision was made for any of their regular business clients.
They had to pay the increased rate or find an alternative.

Robert .
Why not rename this thread, something like "Scotland the Brave".

Bill in Oz.

:-D Bill

Every time the Wabbit goes overseas I get ready to cringe. He usually manages to offend someone.

Again, he opened his mouth and stuck both feet in.

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/08/16/10/50/abbott-tells-scots-to-stay-in-the-uk

I don't like the man, he's a hypocrite :-|

GlasgowLass ~ I think Jessica won a talent show on TV, no idea which one, cos I don't watch the box very often.

In four years time we'll be getting ready for a siege. The Gold Coast isn't far from us (about 30 minutes drive). It's a popular tourist area, so the crowds will be massive. Maybe we could rent out a spare room lol

Ladyscozz,
Is Jessica Mauboy a well known singer in OZ?
I had never heard of her before but bizarrely I have now seen her on live on stage twice since May.
As you probably know, she sang at the Closing Ceremony, but she was also the Australian guest at the second semi final of the Eurovision song contest that we went to.... in Copengagen!

It was even the same song and routine.

Thanks OFITG, but that's just photographs. :-(

There are a few film clips on YouTube.

Maybe it's covered by a silly copyright rule.

BBC highlights of closing ceremony:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28631944

I missed the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, and have only found little snips on YouTube. :-(

But ..... I found a clip, re the Gold Coast where the 2018 Games will be.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmRdarYkgXA

also found a touristy one about the Gold Coast area...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpwtMAlZzEU

:-)

lolol GlasgowLass

You're scared of that tiny thing?

You can hear Aussie spiders walking around the house, sounds like hobnail boots.



:-D

Spider on the TV camera lens

Did anyone else see this on BBC news during the week?
I nearly freaked out when I saw it

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/video-giant-spider-makes-a-cameo-on-bbc-scotland-9666026.html

There is a question that I have been asking myself ...........

If Scotland was already an Independent Country, would I vote in favour of a Union?????

Dermot - you are spending to much time watching the Parliament Channel, especially Prime Minister's Questions - The Comedians were one of my favourite programmes :-D

Experienced politicians are good at answering questions without actually answering them - if that makes sense & can even proceed further by answering another question not yet raised.

I can only think of one candidate, who could be a bigger liability than Alistair Darling as leader of the "NO Campaign" that person is Gordon Brown.

When I lived in Edinburgh's New Town, Alastair Darling lived round the corner from me, after he was elected a councillor, I always considered him to be a bit devious and a crafty fox, personally I would not trust him as far as I could throw him - he was never of the same calibre as the previous Labour MP for Edinburgh Central - my old friend Tom Oswald.

R.I.P. Tom <3

The problem is that so many question have not yet been asked and so many of the questions that have been asked have not been answered satisfactorily.
Living in England - although born and brought up in Scotland - I don't have a vote but if I did I honestly don't know which way I would vote
Alistair Darling is leading the NO vote but then he would, he was born in England!!

I saw a clip (can't remember where) about the vote, a person talking was a "Scottish" (with a posh English accent) landowner... in the highlands.

He was hoping for a No vote, because he believed his land would go back to the Government. Not sure what that entails.

That would make some of my ancestors, who were forced off the land to make way for sheep, happy........ but, if they had stayed there, I wouldn't be here. :-S

What I have some difficulty getting my head round is the fact that this referendum has been known about for several years and politicians at Westminster have made little or no comment on it until fairly recently, now they are running round the country like headless chickens promising, if voters say "NO" to independence, that they will devolve more powers to th Scottish Parliament.

My question is, why did they wait till the last few months, to promise this and if they already had this on their agenda, why have they not already devolved these powers, blackmail comes to mind, vote "NO" or no more powers - smoke & mirrors maybe ;-)