Be 'Monarch of the Glen' (well for a weekend anyway). Oh, and get to help a worthy cause at the same time.

Well it has been a while and I have a load to catch up on, not least my Lotusphere roundup, but first and formost, most importantly, I beg your attention for a few minutes.

Scotland is keen to embrace alternative energies. Normally a good thing I grant you, however they are slightly misguided on the specifics of some proposed Wind Turbine Schemes in Perthshire. I will not get into the details of why these are a bad plan, the website does that far more eloquently and comprehensively that I can, please take it that we are not objecting to green engergies in general just the specifics of these schemes.

The Locals have banded together and have won a substantial victory - a Public Enquiry has been called to look into the Planning of these schemes. However, with victory comes a price and in this case it is funding a QC (Queen's Councillor for those across the pond or elsewhere) to work on ASWAG's behalf during the public enquiry. They don't come cheap I'm afraid :( . Hence, a competition to help raise funds.

You and 18 of your friends, get to play Monarch of the Glen for a weekend. The prize is truly amazing and definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity.

You get to stay in a huge hunting lodge Dallick House; go quad biking or clay pigeon shooting; have lunch at Kennacoil House; visit Blair Castle and the House of Bruar; be guests of honour at a ceilidh at Murthly Castle and have a tour of some of the most beautiful scenary in Perthshire with a trained mountain guide.

For all this all you have to do is buy a ticket, £10 each - £10 for all that, just think of the prize value - answer a couple of questions and complete a tie-breaker sentence. All details are available on the ASWAG website along with details of the organisation's work.

I'm sorry to use the blog as a fundraising forum, and I wouldn't except that this a cause close to my heart and I hope you won't mind too much.