Indeed lucky to be heading off to the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo tonight, with reserved seats in the Royal Enclosure. We take a novel route to the Castle under the leadership of a humorous Scot, John. Leaving the Silver Wind, with the hills of Fyfe looming hazily across the Forth, we drive past the building that …
https://goo.gl/photos/zLA41YSrWkdYycXL6 Sailing into the Orkneys in the early morning and stepping out on to a wet balcony, I feel the cold wind and rain lash across my face. I can sense the remoteness. The whistling of the wind has such an eerie feel and I have the notion that Agatha Christie has been here before …
‘MIDSOMER MURDERS’ IN THE SHETLANDS ‘Miss Marple’ hasn’t been seen tucking-in to a bowl of mussels and eating chips in a pub, but her double was there with a sparkle in her eye just across from me at lunch at the Scalloway Hotel in the Shetlands today. And ‘Doc Martin’ hasn’t been seen holidaying in …
My Easter quietude has extended through Easter Monday now and I’m rather enjoying myself, free of all social commitments for a time. I did venture forth for a late lunch at Fratelli Paradiso though (it’s open today!), and enjoyed a simple green salad and a small Spaghetti with Scampi. Leafing through some old photo albums after lunch, …