Moving to Scotland / Licensing...

[Hellequin]

Enjoy the Skull Cracker local brew...and look out for the Berserker from Lewis.

I'm sure you will be enjoying the OVD and the Trawler as well in time.

What's the job car going to be?

You and your family will be in a fantastic place to have a great life.

I've loved all my extended tours of the islands...even Tiree

Cheers Steve

Hi Steve, hope you're keeping well? No more job cars for me, I retired from all that stuff in September. Looking forward to a lot less stress!

[Weasle]

Hi Steve, hope you're keeping well? No more job cars for me, I retired from all that stuff in September. Looking forward to a lot less stress!

Hi Paul

We are all good thanks...

You and the family will be in a right area for having a great lifestyle. To bring children up in that environment during their early years will give them a love of nature that will never leave them... and a freedom to roam safely that is rare in many places these days.

Stay safe... Stay Healthy...

Cheers Steve

[gwendog]

The Air Weapon certificate is a doddle to apply for, even when you are shooting in your garden.

The bigger issue you face is arriving here with air rifles WITHOUT a certificate. In such a case, you are holding illegal firearms and liable to find yourself in trouble. It will be a good idea to find a gun shop on the island, capable of storing them for you pending release of the certificate.

I'm down in Argyll and the local police thought it a really big deal at the time.

Oh, welcome to Scotland btw.

[Hellequin]

The Air Weapon certificate is a doddle to apply for, even when you are shooting in your garden.

The bigger issue you face is arriving here with air rifles WITHOUT a certificate. In such a case, you are holding illegal firearms and liable to find yourself in trouble. It will be a good idea to find a gun shop on the island, capable of storing them for you pending release of the certificate.

I'm down in Argyll and the local police thought it a really big deal at the time.

Oh, welcome to Scotland btw.

Thanks gwendog, we're looking forward to the move!

I phoned licensing the other day and the lass said that the application takes around 13 weeks, but it sounds straightforward to be honest. She also said that a visitor certificate IS an option initially.

My main concern is that the place we're renting is usually a holiday let (rentals are hard to find in Orkney) so the 'safe storage' might be an issue for me; I have trigger locks but no lockable cupboard. I may well just leave them at my dads place in Yorkshire until we buy a house later next year, as we've a trip planned for August so could (hopefully) be in a position to pick em up then.

All the best.

[distantcamera]

Safe storage is any reasonable measure to keep the guns out of the hands of unauthorised users. Inside a cupboard/wardrobe with trigger locks on should be fine. They never asked where I kept mine, and they knew they weren't in my gun cabinets as they'd already looked inside to see my other guns.

[Hellequin]

Safe storage is any reasonable measure to keep the guns out of the hands of unauthorised users. Inside a cupboard/wardrobe with trigger locks on should be fine. They never asked where I kept mine, and they knew they weren't in my gun cabinets as they'd already looked inside to see my other guns.

That sounds more sensible, thanks.

I'm curious though... how do you crash a Sinclair ZX81?
First 'computer' I ever had was one of them.

[gwendog]

That sounds more sensible, thanks.

I'm curious though... how do you crash a Sinclair ZX81?
First 'computer' I ever had was one of them.

Sniggered at that. My wife managed to pass me TWICE on a single lap at Knockhill. Will never be allowed to forget it (Harley 1200 vs Honda RC45)