ben lomond, king tuts and futuristic retro champs

well it's been quite a week.

on monday lynn and i went to a lawyers to make a will - just in case anything goes wrong while we are away.

on tuesday we had a lovely dinner at our friend maureen's and enjoyed her fabulous company along with the legendary mark o'sullivan and the very cool miss jillian steele.

on wednesday i enjoyed the sunshine in the botanical gardens with my friend richard before playing my last game of fives for a while. i then went to the crown with my friend scott for a few beers.

on thursday it was another stunning day and i climbed ben lomond with my friend elliott. the views were stunning and will rival anything that we see on our travels. we go for a wee paddle in the loch to cool down - lovely. at night i play pool with kenny and have a few more beers in the crown with scott. we have a great laugh and i am sorry that i will miss his best man speech at wig's wedding. it will be hilarious. wig's - be warned!

on friday lynn comes over to my mums and we go for dinner at la piazza with martyn and his icelandic 'friend' hannah. we then meet upin the crown with elliott, gillian, kenny and scott for more beers. we are having a very sociable time!

on saturday we spend the day in scorching sunshine out in my mums garden, which now has the martyn mcsporran seal of approval! we then head to tuts to sit outside in the sun, watch the futuristic retro champions soundcheck, meet up wih loads of friends and enjoy a simply stunning gig.

i was incredibly proud to see my sister play a venue i have been going to for over 13 years and where i have seen amazing gigs by beck, teenage fanclub, arthur lee and love and the white stripes - to name just a few! the champions were on championship winning form and everyone had a cracking night. thanks to everyone that came along.

so the week ahead - more socialising! i think we will need to dry out when we get to thailand.

sunday - bbq at ken and gwen's
monday - a night out in ashton lane with scott and hopefully wigs
tuesday - calvin harris at king tuts
wednesday - lynn has a girls night out, i may have a night of doing sweet fa - sounds good
thursday - i have an invitation to the edinburgh school of art degree show preview night. my sister graduates this year - well done carla and i will be thinking of you when i am on a beach in thailand.
friday - wee alan (who now is over 6ft tall) is 21
saturday - my mum's 60th
sunday - our last night in the uk
monday - the travels commence!

phew - maybe we will have time to relax when we get to thailand. seriously, it has been great to catch up with so many friends lately. i have had an amazing time.