This year, we’ve adopted a lovely reindeer called Bernard from the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre in Scotland. He’ll still be living there of course (there’s no room in the office) but he is now officially part of the family.
We’ve grown so fond of Bernard and his pals that, with your help, we want to adopt more of them. For every 50 people who click our Reindeer Love counter to show their support, we’ll adopt another reindeer, until we have a total of 20 in the BD paddock.
Our donations will go towards their food, healthcare and upkeep for a whole year, so with just one click, you could make a reindeer very happy. And not just for Christmas.
After only beginning to let the world know about our blog yesterday, you kind people have already clicked our Reindeer Love Counter up to 250! Thanks for supporting us and loving reindeer.
We’ll be ringing the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre first thing on Monday morning to adopt our next 5 (since 50 clicks = 1 adoption) and then we’ll update the blog to introduce our newest adoptions.
We’ve also started a Facebook group. Please join and spread the word to help us adopt more!
We woke up early this morning and had a hearty breakfast of Scottish porridge and an English cup of tea. After a short taxi ride past the beautiful Loch Morlich, we arrived at Reindeer House, home to the Reindeer People, set beneath an incredible view of the Cairngorm Mountains.
We walked in to the greatest (and only) reindeer gift shop we have ever seen and introduced ourselves to some of the Reindeer People, Peter and Anna, who welcomed us through into the ‘House’ portion of Reindeer House. We had a chat (mainly about reindeer, unsurprisingly) and got to hold one of the antlers of the herd’s most well-endowed reindeer (antler-wise), Crann.
It was GIGANTIC. It weighed 4 kilos and was half as tall as me!
We couldn’t believe that this thing was actually attached to an animal’s head. Along with another one! Peter informed us that Crann had cast it that very morning and the other antler was still on his head, meaning he was now lying down resting his totally unbalanced head on the ground. We had to stifle a laugh at this point because it gave us a very funny mental image. (more…)
At long last, we are sat in the bar of our hotel. We’re absolutely knackered. It’s incredible how sitting motionless on a train can do that to you.
Upon our arrival, we were greeted by a friendly barmaid called Leigh, who checked us in before explaining, in detail, how to unlock and lock our room door. After assuring her we could manage, we went upstairs, found our room and dumped our luggage, and decided to head downstairs for something to eat.
We couldn’t lock our room door.
After a 10-minute struggle we admitted defeat and went to ask Leigh for help. How embarrassing.
Since the Mackenzies kitchen was now closed for the night, we weren’t able to sample some Scottish cuisine, so settled instead for Chinese (which was still local cuisine in a manner of speaking, as it was just down the road).
We’re going to bed now (in our separate beds) to get an early night so that we’re well-rested and full of energy tomorrow for our mountain walk to see the reindeer. We can’t wait! Just one more sleep!
As we (Matt & Dave) write this, we’re sat at our desk (well, our respective desks – we have one each), about to embark on our 8 hour journey to Scotland. Yesterday, we were but humble advertising creatives. Today, we become noble reindeer pilgrims.
We don’t know if there will be internet on the train, so this may well be our last post until we’re in Scotland! Wish us luck.
*UPDATE*
The train has internet! We’ve been travelling for nearly 4 hours now… and we’re only halfway there. *Groan*
Ah well, at least the views are nice.
We are chuckling in disbelief as we write this. We’re Matt & Dave, BD’s new creative team, the guys who came up with this whole reindeer adopting idea, and today we half-jokingly suggested to our superiors that they send us to Scotland to meet the reindeer herd ‘in person’ and film a video diary of our experience to post on the blog.
They agreed. (more…)
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