Busy day at The Dolphin Inn , and a mixed up World.

Feet up, red wine to hand, now on bottle umpteenth (not just me) and having had a busy day at the Dolphin Inn - This was good, a few return clients but more promising were those who came in to see us following recommendations by friends, etc.

Have missed out on my newspapers - but was (my opinion) disgusted to see that Andrew Walker, the triple murderer (in 1985) of three of the payroll staff at Glencorse Barracks had been released from secure care to die at home, allegedly with less than three months to live following a stroke.
I can remember when he carried out the robbery and the killings, he signed a weapon out of the armoury, asked the payroll team for a lift to Penicuik, then en route used his weapon to get them to go up to Loganlea Cottages by the reservoir, shot and killed all three, dumped their bodies by the cottage and fled with the money (£19,000) which was never ever recovered.
The search teams walked for miles following every possible route that Andrew Walker may have taken between the scene of the killings to his home in Kirknewton, and elsewhere. Walker was eventually arrested and jailed for thirty years and sent to Peterhead Prison where he led a roof top riot and caused mayhem. These people should die in jail and rot in hell.

Current figures produced by the Bethany Christian Trust indicate that 25% of the homeless on the streets of Edinburgh are from abroad, who came here to work for low paid jobs, cash in hand - it is time that somebody made these facts public in their home country to discourage them from trying to get here, to be disappointed , and for those here with no hope , perhaps a free ticket home might be the best option.
Hugger Muggers = new phenomena down south , two or three folks arrive to hug and wish well, especially at festive events, then others arrive, big group hug and then the victim is robbed in the process - nothing like taking the goodness out of an event !!!!!
East Lothian FM -87.7FM volunteer radio station, now on air after a long period on the internet, based in Haddington, Chairman Ian Robertson, friend of the family, now hoping for a full licence in due course.
Bit of a dizzy for those hoping to boast about taking part in the xmas day nippy dips around the UK - with temperatures between 8 and 12 C - it was a bit of a cheat for them - unlike RGB who, a few years ago joined the crowds to do the Polar Bear in Lake Michigan.