Hill-Walking AGM

I was really embarrassed this morning when I used the word "mercurial" in a meeting and then had to explain it to a colleague - surely my language is not that obscure? It made me feel kind of uncomfortable. I went straight from a busy day at work to James' hill walking club AGM at the Boswell Hotel. I arrived just in time for the meal, which was edible and not unpleasant. Standard hotel fare; I had the chicken liver pâté followed by lasagne. Needless to say, the lasagne caused much laughter and topical horse meat jokes *, such as "This is neigh bad!" but actually it was quite good. After our meal James chaired the AGM and I took the minutes (for the second year running - I think that's why James invited me back!) it all went swimmingly; the highlight was Andy's amusing slide show of the year's outings. James chairs a meeting very well and I was proud of him. 

* there is currently a scandal in the food industry because some foods advertised as containing beef actually contain horse meat, presumably because it's cheaper.