Royal (Dick) Veterinary School and Roslin Institute

Another industry visit today to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science and the Roslin Institute. The college was founded by William Dick in 1864 and is a very impressive institute. We toured the small animal hospital facilities, equine hospital and the research centres. After the tours we sat in on a post grad lecture on viruses and bacteria (listeria). This was run by 4 professors - all of whom are leaders in their field and extremely intelligent - it was a privilege to join their class and actually understand some of it!

Dolly and I

Funny moment of the day - our van got hedged in by 2 cars!
Sam managed to get in out in 3 turns - quite impressive.

As I mentioned last night this is where Dolly the sheep was cloned. Unfortunately she developed severe arthritis and had to be euthanized at 6 years of age. However, she was very spoilt and had grown rather chubby. The staff all speak of her with pride and affection.

To cap of the day we went to a traditional Scottish dinner show in Edinburgh. It was fantastic - humour, traditional music (drums, pipes, piano accordion, viola, keyboard and dancers) and haggis. Yes - I tried my first haggis and it was quiet nice, peppery but tasty. Its made from lamb and oatmeal, spiced and cooked inside an intestinal bag but you only eat the contents. A great evening :)

Proof that I ate the haggis......