Weekend past

A couple of photos from Cape Town first - both taken by Syd. The one on the right was taken at the fish restaurant at Hout Bay. I wanted a glass of red wine - just the house wine would do - and they produced this fish-shaped bottle. I should have known better - the wine was as crass as the bottle!

The photo on the left was taken outside the Groot Constantia winery - and, for the record, I was not at all tipsy!

Ross was feeling better and went back to work on Friday - he has to wear a collar and tie (my old ones) - must get a photo of him! - as soon as he's home, he's out of his work clothes and on with the dressing gown - just like Jo!

I think I finally sorted out our surround sound on Saturday, but there was a no-show again from the Blacksmith on Friday, so we're still in a bit of a state of limbo with the house.

Gary was on a stag do with his mates in Sunderland this weekend, but Carole's mum came up and they drove over to Banchory to have a belated "Mother's Day" lunch at the Milton with Jo. By the time they got through with nattering and noshing, I had gone down to the pub to watch the Scotland-England Calcutta Cup match, so I never even saw Luca!

Played golf in fine conditions at Banchory yesterday - it felt like spring was coming - the competition sheets are up at the golf club so it's not long to go now until the start of the season. It was Jack's 60th birthday yesterday so he bought us all Drambuie's after golf and Frances came down with a cake and candles and we all had a piece. Had a second bite later on after playing squash doubles when Jack came to the Legion and did the honours again!

It's going to be a busy week again - I was planning to go down and stay with Dawn tonight before heading off to Edinburgh for a breakfast meeting, then back to Glasgow to see the lawyer about Dad, before taking him out to Erskine House with Dawn, to see if we can persuade him to move. However, the weather warnings are pretty severe and I may just skip the breakfast meeeting in Edinburgh and leave it until the morning before I drive down.

We've also got our first headbang of 2008 planned for this Friday - at Gary's fancy new pad near Inchmarlo.