Thurso, Lesbian sheep farmers and alternative parenting

[Rainpuddlesandyellowboots]

Hi. I'm currently living in Sweden but plan to move to Scotland in the future. I would like to get to know some people in Scotland but don't really don't know where to look. So if you live near Thurso, are lesbian or a sheep farmer. If you like knitting or alternative parenting (like home schooling, baby wearing or tandem nursing) or if you like tv shows. Well I'm not very picky. I just want to get to know some people =)

Orlandafuriosa: Ok so Brighton is known as alternative? I've never been there and don't know a lot about it =)

Yeah. The Swedish name for salmon is lax (and I'm currently waiting for some to get ready in the oven =)

Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire has a great lively community including an unusually high proportion of lesbian women.

And the Yiddish is lox ( think lox and bagels) and there's a place in Ireland called leixlip, iirc, the place where the salmon jump. Lots of lox lax leix in Ireland and Scotland. Like lots of lec in the borders of Wales / Cotswolds, for leeks.

It used to be, very, ( now expensive, lgbt, ) and Brighton art college was known for it.

Footle. Thanks for the tip. But Yorkshire isn't northern Scotland =)
And I'm not looking for a lesbian community. I'm not looking for a community at all. I just want to get to know some people. If they are lesbian sheep farmers that's great but that's far from a must =)
But I do want to get to know Scottish people =)

Orlandafuriosa: Ah. I'm not that good at Yiddish. I know a few words but that's it =)

But languages in general is interesting! Leek in Swedish is Lök. (Ö is pronounced like I in bird)

Thanks for the explanation about Brighton =)

Nor am I, but anyone who has been to New York knows about lox and bagels..
Interesting about leeks. I'd assumed Anglo Saxon but they are fairly closely related.

Orlandofuriosa: Ok. I guess you mean that Scottish people recognize the words =) (don't think Swedish people makes the same connection =)

I think Dutch is a funny language. It sounds like a mix of English, German and some Scandinavian languages =)

Another old Norse word is "bing" - means a slag heap/hill from the stuff brought out from a mine.

The Icelandic for hill (or small hill?) is something like "bingur"

Prettybird: Ah. That's not a word we use in Swedish =)
A hill is "kulle" in Swedish =)

what sort of sheep are you interested in? There are quite a few women in farming. I don't know Thurso but I do know farmers are a good bunch.

Derxa: I like all sheep =)
I think Kerry Hill is adorable. I also like when they have black heads and white wool. But it doesn't really matter. Great wool is nice as well. But I just like sheep (and cows and chicken and goats and so on =)
I like farmers and farming. My grandfather was a farmer. And all my grandparents grew up on farms. I just like to be around animals and nature. =)

You missed Scotsheep
www.nationalsheep.org.uk/nsa-scotland/scotsheep/

Derxa: Ah. I'm not that into events. So much people and stuff. Though sheep are nice =)