After arriving back from St Petersburg, exhausted – I had to go back to work for a few days before we had another weekend away, this time visiting Gawain’s parents in Dundee, Scotland. Gawain’s mum, Tanya, is doing a degree in Environmental Law so they have moved to Dundee from Enniskillen for a year. It was a post-Christmas catch up and a very enjoyable weekend.
We were lucky to get a voucher for 71 Brewing as a belated Christmas present. This meant (luckily) for Ga, lots of beer to taste and I knew I would get to eat some cake later. The brewery tour itself was very fun and informative and of course there was a lot of beer to drink!
We also spent most of the weekend walking Jess and Abby, Gawain’s parent’s dogs. They have boundless energy, running up and down and Abby particularly loves chasing a ball.
We were very lucky with the weather and on our long train ride home I even managed to capture the pretty view as we crossed the Firth of Forth.
On Sunday evening, we received an email from Gawain’s Munich SC1836 Captain, Mike Reiss, who had spotted Gawain in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung or SZ as it is known in Germany. It’s one of the largest daily papers in Germany. The article written by GM Stefan Kindermann bears the headlines “Maximum Courage” (against Howell) and “Ingenious Knight Fork” (against McShane). A GM friend has kindly translated the below.
