under another sun

Lorraine and I up after a decent night's sleep in a comfy bed, in good time for breakfast in the Draumossie Hotel -- where we forked down a Scottish breakfast (with tasty circles of haggis)  and then returned to the room, to squeeze into our , and then a bit more work on the 'secret project'. Lorraine also framed up a heart celebrating their wedding date she had cross stitched. Then we squeezed into our wedding clothes (I always put on weight in Scotland) and went below, where there were lots of men in kilts and so on. Into the function room, which looked simple and elegant. Ron standing at the front, and Carolyn proceeded by a piper and led down the aisle by her brother John. There is something about the sound of the bagpipes that I find inexplicably moving. It's well known that bagpipes are essentially noisy tartan octopuses but the sound brings tears to my eyes in a good way. Carolyn looked exceedingly elegant in a wonderful dress. And Ron kilted, bright eyed and che...

Immensely enjoying a story from Guernsey. According to a Guernsey Press front page story on Thursday 12 July, a 29 year old man has been charged with burglary at the Guernsey Aquarium.... This follows allegations that a fish was stolen from the Aquarium was used to try to win a local angling competition. While officers continued investigations to establish whether the missing bass, described as being under 14lbs, was the same 13lb 13oz fish that won the Bailiwick Bass Club event, further details about how the matter was brought to the attention of the authorities emerged today. Competition entrant Shane Bentley, 38, who had been a member of the club for seven years said he felt something was wrong, as the top bass was lifted out of its tank for the winner's photo, he thought he had seen it before. "Me and my wife were taking the kids to the aquarium a few weeks ago and we'd seen a bass in a tank - it stood out because it had some very distinct markin...