In May, for example, more than 22,500 American tourists arrived, up from around 16,000 a year earlier.
He's excited to see the track and field when it arrives up the road from him in July.
"He'd arrive up in Crieff from London, where he'd already moved, and he'd come back in the 70s, you know, with feathers in his hair, sheepskin waistcoat, no shoes and beads and stuff.
They arrive from up to 3km away, complaining of abdominal pain, vomiting or swollen feet a possible sign of dangerously high blood pressure.
Michael finally arrived, having driven up from Indianapolis.
The European Union estimates that 500,000 illegal immigrants have arrived this year alone, up from an estimated 40,000 as recently as 1993.
It is less than a year old and when we arrive, the drive up from the main road is not quite smooth tarmac – we, and our groceries, get a really good going over down the bumpy track.
TV on the Radio's "Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes," released two weeks ago on the Touch and Go label, has arrived with the same up-from-the-clubs excitement that greeted the debut albums by the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with raves in the music press and celebrity sightings at gigs.
The three-hour flight from New Zealand can cost as little as $400 round trip, though I ended up arriving from Melbourne for a bit more.
So to those 885,800 immigrants who arrived this year (up 110,000 from the year before), I say "Thank you for coming!
