We had such a relaxing few days in Ullapool, in very mixed weather. We had warm sunshine alternating with heavy showers about every half hour! In fact on Sunday we even had a brief episode of hailstones! This hasn’t stopped us from getting out and about; James has been on his big morning walks and we have walked around the village every day, inspecting the harbour and stopping for a couple of café lunches. We headed home on Tuesday after catching the cats without too much fuss.
Yesterday was Christine’s 70th birthday and she is spending the week in Portugal with Gerry, Euan, Cat and Ally. They are having a great time although it is very hot - 40 degrees!
This evening I went to Perth where I met Margaret, who treated me to an absolutely delicious meal at the North Port restaurant; the food was beautifully presented with unusual taste combinations, I definitely plan to return. Then we strolled the short distance to Perth Concert Hall to see Lenny Henry being interviewed by Fred Macauley. He started off by doing some stand-up, at which he is very skilled. He was very funny, and the audience loved him, but it took him a little while to get into his stride; I think that the polite Perthshire audience was a little quieter than he is used to, and it perhaps gave him the impression that his act wasn’t going down too well. He also mentioned that he hasn’t done stand-up for a while, so maybe he felt a little nervous. I felt like standing up and shouting, Lenny they do like you, they are just an older and more reserved audience than most! The second half was much better, Fred Macauley is a good interviewer and Lenny Henry relaxed and interacted with the audience more. I was really glad that I went, it was good to see Margaret and it was a fun evening.
Yesterday was Christine’s 70th birthday and she is spending the week in Portugal with Gerry, Euan, Cat and Ally. They are having a great time although it is very hot - 40 degrees!
This evening I went to Perth where I met Margaret, who treated me to an absolutely delicious meal at the North Port restaurant; the food was beautifully presented with unusual taste combinations, I definitely plan to return. Then we strolled the short distance to Perth Concert Hall to see Lenny Henry being interviewed by Fred Macauley. He started off by doing some stand-up, at which he is very skilled. He was very funny, and the audience loved him, but it took him a little while to get into his stride; I think that the polite Perthshire audience was a little quieter than he is used to, and it perhaps gave him the impression that his act wasn’t going down too well. He also mentioned that he hasn’t done stand-up for a while, so maybe he felt a little nervous. I felt like standing up and shouting, Lenny they do like you, they are just an older and more reserved audience than most! The second half was much better, Fred Macauley is a good interviewer and Lenny Henry relaxed and interacted with the audience more. I was really glad that I went, it was good to see Margaret and it was a fun evening.
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