Counting down.

Count down to ride off on Saturday, still not managed to get started with the packing, nearly as bad as Mr Mac, whose house looks like it has been struck by a tornado -  I am sure he will manage eventually.
Not sure if our hosting IPA officers are going to know what had struck them when we arrive -  but that is all part of the fun.
Busy weekend at the mercat Grill,  despite the cold  ( we were lucky to miss the rain on Saturday)  and over the weekend some thirty thousand hardy folks took part in the marathon weekend, although having said that, Edinburgh had 22mm of rain yesterday (Sunday),  have of May's expected rtainfall in a few hours, which caused chaos, flooding all over the place and a wall fell down in the Zoo so visitors had to be evacuated.

I see that one of the trams,  still undergoing test runs before they start properly on 31st,  broke down in Princes Street, causing chaos for two and a half hours.

Was working in the Grill today and about to leave, when the darts team arrived home from their long weekend in Benidorm, where they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  however, they had to leave one of the lads behind as he was turned away at the airport and sent to hospital to be rehydrated after over indulging - it will be interesting to hear how much Ryanair charge him to get home now.

Local paper has headline banners about Edinburgh having no football team in the Premier league,  first time in 125 years,  but what they fail to say is that hearts went down because of administrative and financial default,  not because they were beaten regularly.

Hidden headline not made much of,  seems that if Scotland have a YES vote we will need at least five hundred thousand young immigants brought into the work force to help balance the ever increasing numbers of elderly people in the Country - not much of a squeak from Mr Salmond there - and he is not saying a lot about his Party being replaced in Brussels by UKIP.

Nice wee run to Duns in the morning to get the Steed of Steel a new MOT and a safety check before we head off.