Thursday 26/04/07

It's been an interesting day. The sad news about the squash club has hit the press and we featured in the Press & Journal and the local Deeside Piper. I was also phoned by the Sunday Express who are doing a feature on the loss of sports facilities in Scotland, and they are sending their photographer to Banchory tomorrow.

The day started with another surprise however when I went in to Ross' room and saw a letter from Gleaner (who own the filling station) accepting his notice of resignation. Apparently Ross now feels he can get more hours at his IT job in Aberdeen, taking him up to 3 or 4 days per week at a higher hourly rate than the garage. Good luck - hope it works out for him.

I also brought home some samples of the 8 new products we launched with Tesco last week, but Jo wasn't keen on some of them - particularly the marinaded products - pity!

Bad news week

No - not the little bit of rain we've finally had - worse than that. First of all, Gary made further enquiries about 1 Arbor Court which has been empty for some years, following a family dispute. It was put on the market a couple of months ago, but looks rather derelict now. We thought it might be going cheap - and it would certainly have provided enough space for Gary and Carole (not to mention proximity to Luca for us!) - but, by the time Gary had enquired further, it was sold - pity!

Then, just in the last few minutes, I've heard that the Squash Club has lost its appeal in the Court of Session - looks like the end of an era. If you're interested in the nitty gritty, it's all here: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/2007CSIH30.html

We have 3 months to consider a further appeal to the House of Lords - unlikely I would have thought, particularly considering the much higher expense.

Anyway, to happier things - the photo above was taken on Sunday when we went to Portlethen.