Well and truly oiled,

Had a quick run to Border Bikes at Duns where my friend and mechanic to the "steed of steel" for the past twenty two years, Andy Mimms, did a triple oil change and popped a nice shiny new rear tyre on the machine.

Will be back again just before our IPA trip to get a cursory safety check.

Weather en route was seriously iffy, with thunder and lightning,  enough to give one of the van drivers a serious headache.   But fortunately had cleared and the A1 was reasonably dry for a quick run back to the Mercat Grill at Whitecraig.

I had forgotten the episode a couple of days ago when "Kermit the Frog" passed comment about the Independence campaign -  I had thought that Alex Salmond  would have been an ideal partner for him and his band of "muppets" -  however, in the meantime, sharp as he is, he scored points by lining himself up with Miss Piggy and called the opposition the "muppets".

Still does not get the fact that he is still fudging over the missing money from last year's trip to New  York,  and has the cheek to be off on yet another junket this year - our cousins from over the pond must have a real hoot when he appears with his bagpipes,kilt, haggis and a duty free 1 ltr bottle (hopefully  of Malt whisky).

Up up and away in the morning, home baking for the Mercat and then off through the "West" for a wedding reception.