Avoiding Paperwork

02/02/2005

A grey day, with light rain, plus five to eight degrees and a light westerly. A lot of discussion about tasks to be attempted in the glen over the next few days, mainly maintenance. I phone John and Erica to see how their guests are fairing. They have spend the day shopping with Mhairi Katharine in Oban, who has still to come to terms with jet-lag, spending from midnight till 4.00 am playing with Erica and eating pasta. After a short snooze with John and Erica, Mhairi returned to her mother’s bed, complaining that it was impossible to sleep as “Gramps” was making funny noises! Shopping in Oban was a great success, visiting almost every shop in George Street, then on to a mega shop to Tesco. All greatly enjoyed by Mhairi. Tomorrow, if all are spared, a shopping trip to Glasgow is planned to purchase treats not available in Alabama, Irn-bru, Galaxy and Rowantree’s fruit pastilles etc! Here at the Tower of Glen Trollaigh we have our first good clumps of Snowdrops and a good increase in garden birdsong, possibly signs of better weather to come, although weathergirl Gail McGrane hints at “Icy Blasts” for the weekend. Perhaps this is not a very technical description, but the meaning is clear. I feel that it is wise to prepare a warming toddy against the cold. The fires are lit and the blankets switched on in good time. I notice that my pile of paperwork is growing larger than I would like, so I must get the nose to the grindstone before the end of the week. Yours Aye, Archie, The Baron Trollaigh.