December update

Not a lot to report - we had a couple of days in Renfrewshire with Brian, Mary, Julie and the boys. I even managed a rare round of golf when Brian signed me in to his "other" club at West Kilbride and we had a fine take-away curry at Julie's afterwards.

On the way back we detoured to Edinburgh to see Ross, who had recently lost his job so we persuaded him to come home to Banchory with us. We crammed some of his belongings in to the back of the car and the 3 of us headed north. As it was the last day of November we wanted to avoid another month's rent so there was a return visit to Edinburgh early the following morning. This time, to ensure maximum room for the rest of Ross' belongings, only 2 of us could go back. Jo was adamant that the flat needed a full clean before handing the keys back so it was Ross and Jo that made the return trip.

At one time it looked like there were only going to be 3 of us for Christmas this year but it now looks like there's going to be 5 of us - that's a bit more festive. Luca had originally planned to head south over the Xmas holidays to see his cousins but now that he's starting a new job he doesn't have time to go away.

Talking of Luca, he's passed the theory part of his driving test so now it's the practical one. He'll be 18 at the end of this month and will be out on the roads independently early in 2025 hopefully.

Meanwhile, down in Oz, Miller's and Asher's school made a film recently - "Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies". It was professionally done and there was a red carpet event at the local cinema for the launch of the film:

Unfortunately for Kelly, she was in New Zealand on work when this happened.

Next week, we are meeting up with Barry, Helen and Dawn in Edinburgh for lunch. We had originally planned to stay overnight but now that Ross is back here, there's no need. We had booked in to the Tynecastle Hotel at Hearts' football ground as it is very close to Ross' flat but then we heard yesterday there's going to be a match on that evening so that was another reason to cancel our overnight stay and just come back on the train that evening.

To close, another photo of Kendall - pinched from Audrey's FB page:

This brought back memories from nearly 40 years ago of little Ross sitting in a very similar car.

One more bit of news - "fence war" is back on. We had hoped that as our neighbour had now got her fence up, that would be that and we could all move on - but no such luck. Yesterday we received yet another long letter from her - hand delivered and also by recorded delivery. Merry Xmas!