Travelling

As well as my usual music downloads (which recently includes Cat Power, Ian Hunter, Joanna Newsom, John Fogerty, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Bjork, Radiohead, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Thom Yorke, White Stripes and, I'm shamed to admit, Katie Melua - in a moment of weakness!) I've taken to downloading audio books for the long journeys up and down to Fraserburgh and Glasgow. The first two were excellent - both John Grishams, lasting about 6 hours each - a nice length - but I really chanced my arm this month and decided to download a classic Charles Dickens - Bleak House - all 36 hours worth!!! It's pretty hard going and I'm still not a third of the way through it yet - not sure if I'll make it all the way to the end - the combination of language and the multiplicity of characters that come and go, make it a real feat of concentration.