27th
January 2018 (Saturday)
.... 16.00 We had sunshine first thing
this morning, but the weather has deteriorated, and we now have rain; not a day for doing
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| Michael, and Mario the Piper. |
things outside. In fact not a day for me doing much inside
either ..... I’ve spent most of the day sleeping. Growing old requires much sleep I’m
finding out. It’s ‘The Blackboy’s’
Burns Supper tonight, and I’m wondering if I should give it a miss: that said it’s the Burn’s Supper that I have
been looking forward too. This will
need some serious thought.
I woke up very suddenly after my siesta this lunch
time; right in the middle of a dream
about Craw’s Nest days. Everybody was
there, and the‘party’ was breaking up. I
decided to give Elizabeth (my boss) a hug, but first I thought I’d better brush
my hair: after said brushing, I looked
round to find that everyone had gone! That's the price of vanity! Where do those dreams come from?
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| John, Jackie and Janice. |
09.30
... 2801 I was in fine fettle by mid afternoon
(after a few more hours sleep) and was able go to the “Blackboy’s” Burns Supper
in the evening. Michael was in excellent form; you could see that he was really enjoying himself
..... and that the audience was enjoying the whole ‘show’. Michael had his friend Bob, doing the ‘History
of’ and Toast to Robert Burns; it’s
great listening to someone from the Southeast taking an active part in a Burns Supper. Ken, from Glasgow, joined Michael for a
second, joint, rendition of Tam O’ Shanter, Michael having ‘done’ Holy Willie’s
Prayer, and Tam O’ Shanter earlier in the evening. Mario, the piper, was also in great
form; piping in the haggis, and
entertaining us later, with a few tunes on the
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| "Holy Willie". |
pipes, and the fiddle. As ever with “the Blackboy’s”, the food, and
service was excellent; and the company
was really nice, and enjoyable: yes’ it
was an evening to remember.
We
were back home by 280025, when I had a cuppa then went to bed. I am updating this on the morning after. I had my normal two half pints of beer, and
a whisky (for the toast) over the evening .... and copious amounts of
water. I had a really enjoyable
evening; and it was Michael, aided by Bob
and Ken, and his behind the scenes advisor Janice, who made the evening extra special for all of
us.
I
slept like a log!
