A trip to Biggar

I had a pleasant drive to Biggar today, where I collected Bill and Katy and we had lunch at the Laurel Bank Tea Room in nearby Broughton. As ever, it was great to see them both. I have good memories of visiting that tea room (albeit with a different name I think), with my Mum and the boys and Bill and Katy, with James, and one time with a group of Duke of Edinburgh leaders after one of our validation days. I remember that the cosy tea room was a welcome contrast to the chilly walk in the Broughton hills that we had just finished. Bill, Katy and I had a really nice leisurely lunch and chat. On the way back to Biggar there was a sudden shower of hail and we saw some children dancing around in their garden as the hailstones bounced around them! 
I listened to an episode of the Fi and Jane Fortunately podcast as I drove home; Jennifer introduced me to this and I enjoy their weekly broadcast. I know that there are hundreds of podcasts to listen to, but I don’t know when I would listen to them except in the car, and I don’t do many long enough journeys these days. When I’m in the house I’m usually pottering about and I don’t think that I could concentrate enough on a podcast. Sometime I do listen to Fi and Jane when I’m out walking.
James and I have seen a couple of excellent television programmes over the last couple of days. Yesterday we watched the last ever episode of Still Game, of which we are both very fond. It was a good episode but the closing scenes were really outstanding; apt, understated, moving, and just right. I was in tears at the end. And today we watched the final of this year’s Great British Sewing Bee. It was a very good final and Juliet was a worthy winner. The programme has such a happy atmosphere, with the contestants all supporting each other, it's very watchable.