Our Tv licence money

Celebair was on Sky2 this evening , a load of celebs being trained to act as air stewards/esses, etc, then take charge of a plane full of so called celebs all off on a free junket at our expense!! Is this entertainment? And hard on the heels of Scotland being beaten 1 -0 by Macedonia , which again was not really entertaining, and to think that BSKYB/ Setanta paid the SFA umpteen million £££ to buy the rights, thus depriving the majority of the viewing public the privilege of once again seeing the so called Scotland squad being second best. It is a shame that these guys do not have any bloody patriotism, most of them cannot turn up for the friendlies, and when they do play they lack commitment, etc.
On the other hand Andy Murray playing Nedal in the US Open, both were at least trying their best. Getting exciting with Murray two sets up but game suspended now because of the storm.
The X Factor, a good programme with surprising results, some shocking, deplorable, others totally brilliant, a good chance for many to showcase.

Eurovision Celebrity Come Dancing about to start, this should be interesting !!! A few fair healthy bodies on display, and yet another clone of Davina McColl as hostess!!! Been good but as usual the judging is a bit iffy.

But back to today - working in the Mercat Bar all day as it was really busy, some nice folks in and one group of ten who have been in every night for the past five days - which speaks volumes
Staff are doing really well, run off their feet and considering that the Edinburgh Festival is over we seem to be getting a good turn, long may it last. Having said that we are being asked every day for our proposed x-mas menu as many of our regulars want to get booked up.
Had a very nice Fench lady from Paris in this afternoon who was staying at the Edinburgh Grosvenor Hilton, and who has already been in the last couple of days for dinner.

Comments from a couple of locals who follow this blog - and were intersted in our trip to France.

Going to have a go at getting some photos off a memory card, hopefully we will later be able to do a recovery job on the card which corrupted while we were away.