Ian R Stewart

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

Hello again. Ross came home for a couple of days' trial on Wednesday and returned to hospital this morning and got his discharge OK. Right now, he and Jo are in B & Q buying paint for the downstairs room, which is being turned in to a playroom/workshop, with Ross sleeping upstairs in what Jo calls "the yellow room". The new floor covering has yet to be agreed on - Ross suggested wood or carpet tiles, but this didn't meet with his Mum's approval, and I think she's set on getting a new carpet down - it is, after all, the oldest carpet in the house, dating back to Lucy's days down there.

Some of you may know that I almost got my wish of part owning the local brewery, which was up for sale, but I've been thwarted by a rival local consortium it seems. Never mind - as long as it survives, that's the main thing.

I got surprised last week with a call from a Tony Lang from Australia. He was the guy quoted in the letter in my last blog posting. As he spoke about some of the incidents mentioned in Renshaw's Chronicles, it began to come back to me - he was our Scout Leader when I went on my first Scout summer camp to Arran half a century ago. Tony told me he had photos of that trip and also other ones, like Arundel, that I went on. He's hoping to digitise these and send them to me somehow - can't wait.

If you didn't view it on Facebook, here's the link to the old Deeside Railway that closed under the 1963 Beeching cuts in 1966 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wj14gyYDLEY#!. Where would we be living now if the line hadn't closed?