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…that there was an election in Scotland? (Not, “…that you have won an election”, Mr Salmond!)

I’m afraid that it was just a rumour for us. We received our voting forms on the day of the elections, like over 10,000 other ex-pat Scots!

We enjoyed reading about the election and about the parties for whom we could vote for! Our particular favourites were as follows:

If only Scotland had spent less time adding stupid parties to the register and more time on ensuring the correct operation of the electoral process, we might not be quite so disaffected, apathetic or be facing the prospect of another coalition government.

But we’re delighted to hear that SNP are not governing and can’t find a suitable coalition partner! Indeed, rumour has it, that SNP will soon be rebranded ASFFM, “Alex Salmond for First Minister”, as per our voting form. Catchy don’t you think?

Apart from one small natural irrrigation incident on the 7th February, it has not rained since November 2006 in Santiago. It seems quite incredible, but the above incident resulted in @higher than average” rainfall!

It is becoming quite insufferable now. It is cooling down considerably but the smog has only got worse. As our weather indicator in the right-hand sidebar probably indicates…it is as low as 6C at night and reaches only 24C on a good day. But we still wait for that wet, warm wind to bring moisture!

In desperation, i went hiking last tuesday and got my first taste of moisture for a while, walking in cloud at 3000m. It was great! Cold, but great to feel like i wasn’t breathing from a hoover bag! For the first time since Christmas, i felt the chill of -10C, albeit only because of windchill!

But then something wierd happened. With a few strong gusts, the air turned warm again. Really warm. From 2000m below, the wind brought that taste of Santiago smog again. Mmmm.