Brief update.

How time flies, now Thursday morning , in Edinburgh and it is cold but dry, which makes a change from the constant rain of the past two days.

Tuesday i was on the trot all day, hospital, then Kings Buildings, and the up to Maplin's to get a replacement power cable for the other laptop, bit of a mystery as to where the original has gone - sort of looks like the fairies took it as we have searched the house high and low - otherwise I have put it in a safe place !!! An expensive error.

Tuesday night it was down to a meeting of RA Laird O Cockpen 500, first night for the new MEZ Dougie Neil in the chair and I was supposed to be sitting back, however, with missing officers i had to do a bit work. Main event of the night was to give Robert Hooker of Prestontower his Honorary Membership -which was very well deserved and received. A few fewer present than expected , but with very bad weather and another installation taking place elsewhere it was only to be expected.

Wednesday, I was off early again , this time to the Premier Inn, Edinburgh to run another of the Chartered Management Institute Neighbourhood Management courses for the lovely ladies from Open Skies Management. Small group of four from east Lothian and Edinburgh. I am not sure about the delegates, but I did enjoy it.

Rain still pouring down , but it was home, fed and then we headed out to Bonnyrigg again for a meeting of the OES, where it took a lot of will power to resist being persuaded to take office in the new session, but I apart from having far too much to do already there is no way I can even attempt to memorise more ritual. But it was an entertaining evening , even ended off with a wee game of bingo !!! just for the fun of it.

Now back at the premier In for Day 2 of the course, and then depending on how I get on and feel it may be a quick run up to Perth tonight for a meeting of the Fair City OSM , but I will need to wait and see.

Nice wee E mail from the USA this morning from a couple of our recent customers to the Mercat, just keeping in touch.