Lights! Camera! Action!

I have had a brush with fame and fortune on the set of one of the most famous and successful movie franchises in the world. No, I have not got a part in ‘Carry on Olympics’, rather, I was almost in Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.

The tiny cottage in which we stayed last weekend was about 5 minutes walk from the site of Hagrids cottage (the site is for filming purposes only, because although it’s quite remote, there are no actual giants in Scotland).

On Saturday morning as a minibus full of intrepid stag attendees made their way towards a death-defying day of Fun-yaking and Canyoning, we were stopped about 300 yards from our cottage in the minibus we’d hired.

“Sorry mate,” said the guy with bright yellow jacket and walkie talkie, “But would you mind popping back to pick up the rest of the props for us?”

“Excuse me?” said the designated driver, whilst I scrambled over the seats behind sensing an opportunity to get behind the scenes on a major movie production. (more…)

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