Been hectic again - Monday 24th June was a dash up to Fraserburgh in the morning, back to Aberdeen office in the afternoon and the evening was our annual trip to Balmoral, which tends to be a late and boozy night.
Work on Tuesday was followed by an evening meeting with Banchory and District Initiative and members of the King George V development committee - very interesting - possible location for new squash courts.
Thursday was our company's annual golf outing at Cruden Bay, but I got a phone call late on Wednesday night from Barry, telling me Dad had been released from hospital earlier than expected and he wasn't sure if he could cope at home or whether there was sufficient care support for him, so I decided to ditch the golf and head down to see how things were. Had lunch at Dawn's then over to see Dad, with Barry and Helen coming along later. All seemed to be OK and we decided we would at least give him a week to see how he could cope.
Another meeting with BDI/Bandswim on Friday then off to London on Saturday with Dave Williamson. We had a few beers before the concert at Hammersmith Apollo by Lou Reed. We were flanked by outrageous gay men who wouldn't give us peace to watch and listen at the start. A couple more beers and kebab then off to bed.
Sunday after breakfast it was off to Lord's for the one day international against the West Indies - that's me with the steel band behind me above. We were lucky and saw a full day's cricket before heading off for some beer and supper, then off to our hotel at Luton airport for the redeye back to Aberdeen on Monday morning.
Today (Friday) was supposed to be the day that the surveyor came along to do the exact measurements for the new driveway, but he had to cancel due to illness, so it's going to be tight to get this done before we go to USA next Friday - particularly as we are both away this weekend - me to Slaley Hall for golf, and Jo to Cornwall to see Kelly and Craig.
