Nae lux

Returning once again to the saga of the redecoration of the Ladies' loo we find our hero attaching a silly plaster uplighter to the wall only to make several unwelcome discoveries...

1) There is no lamp supplied with the fitting - why would anyone want a lamp with a light fitting? You mean they might want it to light up? Don't be silly!

2) The fitting takes a very obscure two pin energy saver only available at selected outlets in northern Bengal during the rainy season when there's a P in the month.

3) B&Q don't stock the lamp. They sold me the fitting, but don't stock the lamp. No demand apparently.

Enough ranting. It looks like it's been another decent Saturday (apart from losing to Ireland in the rugby) It was Ancrum handba' today (see below for explanation of handba') and the players/combatants have returned to Jed. We also have the usual Saturday night crowd. There have, in addition, been one or two tourists about during the past week - a couple from Brittany stayed with us two nights ago, A family from Keith stayed last night, and we have a repeat booking from a couple who stayed here a month or so ago. The real, unmistakable sign that you're doing something right is the number of repeat bookings you have.

No news on the renovations front. We had a blizzard of emails from D***** last week and he'll be up here the week after next to thrash out design spec on bedrooms and suchlike. Meanwhile we have to decide on room layout (since that dictates where the light fittings and electrical sockets and stuff goes) and tell the architect all about it.