Wednesday 30 September 2009

Glendrynoch Lodge,Isle of Skye After Chris and DG arrived in Scotland on Monday morning, we convened for an afternoon rehearsal and then made an early start yesterday in two vehicles, Alison driving the harpsichord in the van, and me with the harmonium in my car.  The drive to Portree was long but beautiful: we dropped in on David Markland at his Crafts and Things shop in Glencoe Village, and fitted in an impromptu photo session at Eilean Donan.

let's not use this one

the Nova Scotia contingent

We were in no particular hurry, managed to avoid getting involved in any road traffic accidents, unlike last time, and my Honda Jazz managed an all-time high score on the fuel economy gauge, although it bettered it on the way home, hitting 61.9mpg at Invergarry.

It was really nice to be back in Portree again: a happy audience for a fun gig. At the beginning of the second half, when we were getting our picture taken for the local paper, we asked for suggestions for what we should say as the shutter opened and the responses were ‘sex’, ‘cello’ and ‘Gordon Brown’.

the thermostat in the church toilets really does go from -15 to 10 Celsius

Then it was back to Bill and Deirdre Peppé’s wonderful house for good food and drink well into the night. I’m now writing this outside and can report that the midgie season is not yet over …

morning croquet on the lawn - Chris won