Obviously in Australia we don’t have hedgehogs, but as they are quite popular at the moment I could not resist a post on these cute, but spikey little creatures.
My first encounter with a real hedgehog was back in about 1997. Caz and I were young carefree backpackers. Together in our hire car, fondly named “Ian”, we left our very unsavoury bedsit digs in Romford, Essex and headed North to see where we would end up. Upon landing across the Scottish border we discovered a large rugby weekend in a small town, so figured this is where should be. After a night out on the town and on our journey home, we met 2 young Scottish lads, am not sure how, think they were loitering, and someone where in amongst all that loitering, we also saw our first hedgehogs.
The entire episode was filmed on our trust video camera (the size of small house in those days) and always gives me a giggle. The strong Scottish accent was very hard to interpret, but what can I say, we fell in love with hedgehogs and that accent and so ended up settling in Edinburgh for the remainder of our trip.
So in memory of our first encounter, here are some sweet hedgehog finds.
Lark Hedgehog House, Sebastian & Sienna, Please Eloise,
Always Invited, Summer Blossom Hair Accessory, Odds & Blobs
