Storm Arwen

It has been very windy for the past few days, as Storm Arwen has crossed the country. So windy that the letterbox on the front door was rattling, something that I haven’t heard it do before. And last night when we opened one of the bedroom windows as usual, we had to close it because the wind was gusting right into the room! 

James’ new furniture for his study was installed this week. The two joiners really went at it and completed it in two days, they didn’t even stop for a tea or coffee despite many offers from me. There are still a few bits to be finished off because some parts were missing, but we’re nearly there. 

We went to a new restaurant on Monday with Gordon; the Partick Duck Club, which had been recommended to me by Philippa. It was really nice for our meet up, very friendly and the food was great. We had a good chat and made some exciting theatre and concert plans.

Cat and I went into town to shop for cutlery on Thursday (she bought a lovely set) and then we had dinner together and watched our old favourite “Queer Eye” while Ally and James were at the football. Marjory had let me know that word had gone round the Rangers fans that they should wear something orange to welcome their new Dutch manager, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, so Ally and James wore orange beanie hats!

Ally and Cat left yesterday morning, Cat by train and Ally by hired van with Iain, who helped him to load and unload at either end of the journey. They messaged later to let us know of their safe arrival, I’m so excited for them.