Update

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

What a change since I last blogged. Last week, it was record heat - today we had snow. Oh well, that's how it is in the British Isles, I guess.

What have I done since? Golf mostly - the season officially started on Saturday and I played then, again on Sunday, and yesterday for the Seniors in their match at Brechin. Oh - and I paid my first visit to Bannatyne's for many months on Friday. I hate to tell you what weight I was - I thought it was an all-time record, but Jo blithely said "no - you were heavier just after we got married"! She went on to explain that, as she had been deprived chips at home, she cooked them almost every day for us (in our wedding present deep fat frier) in the first few years of marriage.

We're still negotiating with Everest on our kitchen. Here's how they reckon it might look:

 and here's the dimensions and details:

Jo got some sad news last night from sister Mary - their old "Uncle" Dan has died. He had been in failing health for a while. He was one of life's good guys - always a merry quip.

Speaking to Lucy at the weekend, I was complaining about how much pain I was in after walking, and I wondered whether there was anything that could be done with footwear to help. She recommended http://www.sportorthotics.co.uk/ in Hamilton, so I've made an appointment for next Thursday 12th April. I'd like to look and listen anyway.

We've been having some correspondence with our newly discovered relatives on the East coast of USA. I sent them some photos and some of Dad's typically derogatory written comments about his grandfather, Swanson Renshaw Dale - not sure how that went down with them!