Wed / Thursday this week

Tuesday night was my last post , Wednesday was working at The Mercat as usual, and place was busy enough. And by the time I came home and started on the computer again digging once again for the next part of my London course, the night was gone.

Thursday , into the Bar - once more, again enough to do to keep us occupied, plus I had Sir Christopher in doing jobs to keep the Officers of Building Control happy. I seriously think that this Council will not be content until they have closed down most of the bars in Edinburgh. The new legislation due out has their distinctive interpretation - a) do not ask client if they would like another drink ; b. Offer a glass of water as an alternative; c) no prizes for quiz nights, just expect the punters to want to come in and participate !! Dream on.

Had a visit from Gillian at "tie", which was nice, so we were brought up to date with some of the latest developments in the Tram Project - better to be kept in the loop than left out in the cold speculating.
Perfect example tonight in Sommerfields Store, Penicuik, there was nothing in the dairy section of the cold freezers, so immediately people were saying , "what do you expect, they are closing at the weekend" - total rubbish - freezer cabinet had broken down so rather than lose the product it had been cleaned out - that's how rumours start.

So Home, in and out yesterday afternoon and away up the A90 to Perth to attend a meeting of the Fair City Order of the Secret Monitors, held in Lodge Scone and Perth no 3. I had actually just been reading about it the night before, about how Sir Robert Moray , one of the founder members of the Royal Society tried to get King James the VI to join that lodge about 1600 with a view to getting him made Grand Master Mason and raise the status of Freemasonry in Scotland. However, at the same time, another group of masons in the Edinburgh area were pushing for Sir William Sinclair of Rosslyn, who eventually became the First Grand Master mason.
Anyway had a nice Installation meeting of the Fair City, congratulations to my friends from Crief, Andy Brown and Kenny Jack who have office there. I even managed to get presented with my own Provincial sash, Jewel and Certificate, having missed the East Of Scotland meeting last Saturday.
Dashed driek and wild night to drive back home.