Degas at the Burrell

I have had a pleasant few days of housework, admin, packing and even a bit of socialising. And spending time with the cats of course. On Saturday I was back in Edinburgh, this time with James, Davie and Chanel, to see John Bishop at the Usher Hall. John Bishop is a Liverpudlian comedian who has been popular on television doing stand up and panel shows for many years, and in his fifties he is still at the top of his game, telling the audience rambling and amusing anecdotes about his life. He is very funny and the audience loved him. We had dinner at One Square, in the Sheraton Hotel, beforehand, mainly because it’s straight across the road from the Usher Hall. We had a good meal and chat with Davie and Chanel. Just as we were leaving the restaurant who came walking out of the hotel but John Bishop himself, he must be staying there. At the end of the evening we got the slow train to Uddingston with Davie and Chanel, who kindly gave us a lift home because their car was at the station. It was a really good evening. 
I visited Carolyn and her wee boys again on Monday; Harris is very sweet and funny and Arran is now ten weeks old, he is so fascinated by his older brother! And I had a very pleasant dinner and chat with Caroline N later on. Today Christine and I went to see the Degas exhibition at the Burrell Collection. We had lunch in the café first. The exhibit was very interesting, Burrell was the first serious collector in Scotland of Degas’ works. There were lots of paintings to look at; I liked the way that Degas captured the natural movement of the figures, especially the ballet dancers. We finished the afternoon back in the café with coffee and cake.