A lovely bit of Scottish miserabalism:

Thank you for the welcome everyone!

Thanks for the replies people.
Further research and improvement of my google-fu does indeed indicate that there is indeed Theravada groups, just within fifty miles.
Although that's further than I was hoping to travel, but, sacrifices and all that.

As you might be able to tell I'm new to the boards and I have a couple of questions, that I hope you lovely people might be able to answer. Firstly, how important is 'Lineage' in Theravada? Is there even such a concept? The seeming heavy reliance on it in other traditions has put me off them. Second...

Hello everyone,
Just thought I'd drop in and say hi after joining the site.
31 year old guy from York, Britain. Not completely alien to Buddhism but definitely in need of brushing up on it, as I begin to explore it again.