August 14

I stopped at Carnoustie on the way up to Aberdeen and spent some time at the beach. It’s a great place to catch people with their dogs; easy to walk and talk with people.  
Upfront, I think Scotland will leave the UK at some point in the next few years – unless the EU seriously derails. The people who want to leave – who have always wanted to leave – now have another (rather strong in their view) reason to revisit this issue. And the people that voted to stay with the UK now seem resigned to leaving. ‘The Nationalists won’t give up; we might as well get on with it and it won’t change much for us day to day” two ladies walking their dogs told me. They voted to stay with the UK but after Brexit they have changed their minds. I heard this a lot from the young and the old.