Hardwired for hope-2012

Neuroscientist Tali Sharot says in her new book The Optimism Bias our brains are hardwired for hope despite all the bad news and gloom around us.

So- keep smiling.

And a Happy New Year!


I want up to Stirling Castle this afternoon expecting it to be quiet on the first day of the New Year.
Instead I found the car park full.

Who were the visitors? mainly young people from China and India.

This is good news for tourism in Scotland, and Stirling in particular especially as we have been told to brace ourselves for some years of austerity.


We may be in for a tough time but against the historical background of Stirling Castle, which goes back over 600 years; it is a mere blip (sorry about that!)