jay hay-char
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This is on my husbands list of places he really wants to visit, perfect excuse!!
Wow - that's gotta be the best Facebook page in the universe! Where and what are the Silly Isles? Er, Scilly Isles?
I'm not a great fan of Facebook, but I have an account, mainly so that I can be regularly informed that my daughter is attending "Lager Frenzy" at a venue in or near her Uni. Then, a couple of days later, I can see lots of photos of her and her feckless mates clutching shot glasses and gurning at the camera
However, one F/B account that I follow is the Isles of Scilly Police, which I heartily recommend to you. Currently, they are advertising a vacancy amongst their ranks, to whit:
"Unique Opportunity
There is a post currently available for a Police Constable on the Isles of Scilly. Quite possibly the most enviable policing post in the UK or even the world, after mine. It only comes around every few years. Amongst other things the successful candidate will possess the following attributes:
The ability to explain cheerfully in infinite different ways to holiday makers that “No you are not hallucinating I am a real Police Officer” and “Yes there are things... for me to do here”.
The resolve to issue a parking ticket to your spouse so tactfully so as not find dinner in the dog thereafter.
At 2am whilst still wearing pyjamas under your uniform and wiping sleep from your eyes having been called out on duty from deep REM sleep, resolve a disagreement originating hours beforehand regarding the merits of sea salt verses rock salt between a couple of drunk chefs.
Un-flinching confidence to know what to do when you are alerted to an abandoned seal pup making its way up the main street.
An acceptance that at 6:15pm you will be handed an item of lost property whilst off duty in the Coop queuing for the till with both arms laden with a thawing tub of ice-cream and fish fingers hastily chosen so as to provide a meal for your children before they go to judo at 6:30.
Sounds idyllic? If you have a moment during your day feel free to practice your brief one liner applications online here. Closing day is Friday. Who knows, this time next month you could be rescuing goldfish, investigating fried eggs, competing with Lifeboat crews to make pasties, guarding clogs for Dutchmen and taking your orders from a cat. Only followers of this site need apply as inevitably you will feature here anyway and your mum will want to know what you are up to. Good Luck.
Sgt Colin Taylor"
Too late; I've already applied
jay hay-char, the furthest I've been off these shores of ours is to
Rothesay, Isle of Bute, off the West Coast of Scotland.
Your hope, is to venture across to the Isles of Scilly, not only that,
your hope is to be employed and live on the Isles of Scilly.
I think this is the first time I've read any of your posts but, I've decided I don't like you.
Nah, all the very best of good wishes to you for living your dream.
What a fantastic opportunity to grab.
We'll all be looking out for your update posts.
willie.
jay hay-char, I thought it best to pop back in to mention....
I hope your good-self and anyone else who read/reads
the sentence highlighted above is aware I was teasing
with the comment.
If it's misunderstood, it's down to a clash of cultures.
Nae bother
I spent several summers in the Scottish Borders in my youth, and became acclimatised to some of the cultural differences: After all, it was a fellow countryman of mine who said that the fairest prospect in Scotland was the road leading to England
In fact (an afterthought) the guy with whom I sailed to the Scillies speaks with a strange accent, and tells me he originally came from somewhere called "Gleskie"
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