Now Mr Hall has left -*sigh*- it is a consolation to have heard
from Iain. It seems rain is unknown in Scotland. I am getting
ready to run away and join him.Here is his virtually unedited
letter:
Just had a lovely birthday lunch at Fishers, a seafood restaurant
in Edinburgh. Good company and delicious food. Not quite the
picnic of last year nor indeed as warm but the sun shone and the
Sancerre was perfectly chilled.
from Iain. It seems rain is unknown in Scotland. I am getting
ready to run away and join him.Here is his virtually unedited
letter:
Just had a lovely birthday lunch at Fishers, a seafood restaurant
in Edinburgh. Good company and delicious food. Not quite the
picnic of last year nor indeed as warm but the sun shone and the
Sancerre was perfectly chilled.
I hear that it is hot, hot, hot in sunny Esperaza but I have to say
that over all the weather here has been surprisingly good; lots of
sunshine, very little rain and reasonably warm. I'm rather
enjoying life at the moment. I'm very busy doing much of what I
was doing originally in Esperaza. It's hard work but strangely
satisfying. The new house is coming along rather well now. It
will not be completely finished when we move in on the week
before 5th June but most of the house will be ready. All the
bathrooms should be ready in two weeks; we have a wonderful
plumber and as long as the electrician does not let us down we
should be fine.
I am going to take a gardening course at Edinburgh Botanical
Gardens and I think that starts in September. We have a
lovely old Victorian kitchen garden that has been ignored for
decades and I would like to bring it back to it's former self.
that over all the weather here has been surprisingly good; lots of
sunshine, very little rain and reasonably warm. I'm rather
enjoying life at the moment. I'm very busy doing much of what I
was doing originally in Esperaza. It's hard work but strangely
satisfying. The new house is coming along rather well now. It
will not be completely finished when we move in on the week
before 5th June but most of the house will be ready. All the
bathrooms should be ready in two weeks; we have a wonderful
plumber and as long as the electrician does not let us down we
should be fine.
I am going to take a gardening course at Edinburgh Botanical
Gardens and I think that starts in September. We have a
lovely old Victorian kitchen garden that has been ignored for
decades and I would like to bring it back to it's former self.
The little time I have left at the moment is spent walking on
the beach and on the hills with the dogs. By the time that is
done in the evening I'm ready for bed.
After three glasses of wine that is where I'm heading now.
the beach and on the hills with the dogs. By the time that is
done in the evening I'm ready for bed.
After three glasses of wine that is where I'm heading now.
Have fun
bisous Iain Mac
1 comment:
Yo Iain and Steve! Billy Builder has just hung your darts board and we have thrown a few arrows in your name. Many thanks for such a splendid parting gift. Thwack!
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