Andrew Hill – Judgement
Brian Eno – Clean OST
Alice Cooper – 1977-1987
Alice Cooper – 1994-2004
Various – Hit Singles
Awake around 9 and breakfast is scheduled for 10....
We are up quickly and take a walk around the tiny village of Cullipool. It’s bright and sunny but not too warm...
Round to Birgit’s cottage where she’s prepared some excellent fayre. Being German, she naturally partakes of some chocolate spread on her toast – which prompts a discussion about the strange eating habits (strange to Brits that is) of the German nation at large, including the above propensity for mixing bread and chocolate and their ability to eat raw minced pork without batting an eyelid....
I must confess to having enjoyed both these examples of German cuisine whilst I lived there...
We are looking to catch the midday ferry back to neighbouring Seil Island which is linked to the mainland by the famous “Bridge over the Atlantic”. Prior to this, the four of us take a stroll along the country road which leads from the village to the heart of this sparsely populated place....
I also get to touch Birgit’s pet American Corn Snake Ophelia this morning. She seems fascinated with the camera trying to touch it with her ever darting tongue. Anne declines an offer to get a bit closer but I like the wee beastie...
All too soon it’s time for us to go and Birgit drives us back to the ferry – we promise to return in August and to try our best for us all to meet up in Glasgow at some point (Norrie works there and comes to Luing at Weekends but will retire to the island soon)...
Our route back home is slightly different as we go from Oban to Tyndrum rather than via Glencoe as on the way up....
A traffic jam on the outskirts of Stirling causes us to make a detour to keep moving and we’re home by around 3:30 to a wee Black Cat with a bit of a story to tell by the sounds of things...
In the evning it’s round to Anne’s mum’s for tea. Jane and Bobby are away in London with the kids so it’s a bit more “civilised and quiet” than usual...
Keith and Maureen have bought combined TV/DVD/CD players for Maureen’s two girls and, since neither of these generous parents drives, I offer them a lift home. A taxi fair would have added rather a bit percentage wise to these bargain pieces of technology...
By the time we get home again around 9, I’ve driven around 400 miles this weekend and my ankle is giving me jip..
It’s been a good weekend though...
Highlight of the Day : A Visit to Luing
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