Just spent a lovely long weekend in St. Andrews, Scotland for the graduation of my Son who finished his degree this year. It wasn't the warmest of weekends but fortunately not too wet either so the event went without any hitches or last minute changes of venue, and the new grads were able to parade around their quad accompanied by a piper (as is the tradition there).
Later in the evening my Son and I snuck off on our own to smoke a couple of Montecristo cigars and sink a couple of cold beers to celebrate the event in our own style, all the while chatting about wisdom, the universe and the meaning of life etc.. I snapped this picture of the famous West Beach (above) as the sun set over the highlands (we sat on the bench in the foreground in order to consume our legal drugs), it was beautiful and a nice moment that I will treasure.
I didn't get too many photo's from the actual ceremony itself but I did grab this one from a video as my lad was being awarded his degree (above), apparently the red cap being lowered onto his head is from some bloke who lived in the 16th century, anyway he seemed to enjoy himself and we had a great celebration with some of his mates and their parents afterwards, much wine, beer and good spirits flowed!
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