25th January - Burns Night Recs?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's wet and miserable where I am, but tonight is Burns Night so I thought I'd read Scottish-based fic today - and add it to the www.palelyloitering.com front page too. Only... I'm rubbish when it comes to thinking of specifics like this, so - has anyone got any Scotland-based Pros fic they'd recommend? Help!



ETA - so far I have "Brigadoon" by PFL, "Alone and Palely Loitering" by M.Fae Glasgow, and "Never the Words They Say" by someone or other. I've been resisting adding "The High Road" by M.Fae Glasgow (although I do love it) cos its a New Year one, but then it is in Scotland, so... *bungs it on* Oh, and "The Drowning Plains" by Bistokidsfan!

But there must be more!

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Hail Scotland

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

I heartily support this suggestion, being myself a staunch fan of Scotland and Scots since I spent a week of vacation two years ago in Dunnoon on the river Clyde (came back the following year, and intend to repeat it this year), at my beta and friend dinahmt, who uses to say we are resuscitating the historical "Auld Alliance".

Of course it's not a contradiction that I love Gordon Jackson! By the way, where did you find this lovely picture and which show or event was it taken from?

I'd add that I'd like to read Cowley's centered fics, for my favourite episodes are the ones with heavy focus on Cowley.

Re: Hail Scotland

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Erm... see above, which was my reply to your deleted post! I shall edit it to make that clear to everyone... *g*

ETA - ah, I'm told my comment has been deleted too (though I can still see it!), so here is what I said:

Scotland is a rather fab place to visit - I've not been for years, either, and I've rather been hankering after a trip... One day!

I have to confess that I didn't save the website the pic comes from - I'm sorry! It was a random trawl for Gordon Jackson under images, looking for one that looked more "traditionally Scottish" than the others...

If you have any Scotland-centred fics you'd like to suggest, that'd be brilliant! (Perhaps one day we'll do a Cowley-centred fic request too!)

Re: Hail Scotland

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

Oh! So sorry I unwillingly deleted your replies; but you were too fast for me; I was desperately trying to fix Di T's screen name and making repeatedly the same typing mistake!

I'm going to look for Scottish themed fics now...

Re: Hail Scotland

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - not a problem! I just happen to be here on this grey day! *g*

Re: Hail Scotland

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

I suggest this one I recced long ago in crack_van:

The Rest Cure (or: Cowley's Week in the Country) by Ashlea (G)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown

Why this must be read:

This short and amusing little story has its own, legitimate place in my Cowley's anthology; this time the Old Man is alone, I mean without his favourite team but actually with an old friend of him, and spending a well earned week of rest and vacation in a lodge not far from a loch, the Loch Ness, as it seems, though it is not named in the text.

Wandering alone along the banks of the Loch Ness may lead you to all sorts of strange encounters and... No, no, it's not exactly what you were thinking...though ?

The piece is too short to allow much more comments or quotations; I gave you all you need to know. You may be surprised, however. There is a very nice twist at the end; well, actually there are two!

Re: Hail Scotland

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Finally got this one up at palelyloitering.com - thank you!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

How about PFL's Brigadoon? Hee, great pic of GJ! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yes! I love that one! I've got three fics on my list so far, and that's one of them... *g*

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh sorry, I didn't check first! *headdesk*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh no, you couldn't have - I haven't put it up yet! I was hoping for a few more for the list first... *g*

[bistokids.livejournal.com]

I'm rubbish at this game. I've just spent ages trawling the Circuit for a Scotland story I love but couldn't remember the title or author. Turns out it's Never the Words They Say. I suspect you already have that one! Back to the drawing board. *resolves to bookmark better in future*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heeee! I have indeed got that one down... *g* There've got to be more out there though, there've just got to be!

[bistokids.livejournal.com]

I've found Highland Comfort by Elspeth Leigh (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/13/highlandcomfort.html), if you want it for completeness. It's AU, no CI5 connection, and not a rec as such, just a Scotland-based fic I happened to spot. :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent - completeness nothing, it's a B/D story set in Scotland and I seem to remember reading and liking it, so yeay - it's on the list! (I never was, but I'm a total B/D AU fan now... *g*)

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

I'm hopeless and can't remember the name, so this could be one of the ones you've already got listed, but there's one where they're on holiday in a b&b in Scotland and get involved in sorting out someone who it turns out pinched dynamite in order to go dynamiting fish ... ???

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh, don't think it's one that I've got down... oh, wait... is it... *thinks*... erm... Russ? Terence? Busman's Holiday? Yes! Busman's Holiday (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/11/busmansholiday.html) by Jay Trent! Oh, well done you! *g*

And that reminds me (bizarrely) actually Angelfish's The Far Shore (http://www.palelyloitering.com/Fic/farshore.htm) is also set in Scotland of course, although it's not available online yet, unfortunately... Although it should be, the zine timed out ages ago... *sighs for zine stories that are never put online*

Oh, and Shoshanna's gorgeous Sule Skerrie (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/8/suleskerrie.html) too!

ETA - sorry about the edits, kept cocking up the code!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Along the Road by Mac on the CD? They're on their way to Edinburgh

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh yes, I remember that one! Thank you, I shall go and add it immediately! *g*

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

There's an M Fae Glasgow one where the lads accompany Cowley to Edinburgh. Argh! Blanking on the name, though . . .

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

"The High Road"! I adore that one... *g*

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Well-remembered! And now I must go and re-read it *g*.