Don't wear a skirt!

I'll explain about the title later....

Anyway, despite feeling really tired yesterday, I decided to drag myself down to the West Kirk for Abbot Ale at 9:52pm. It would have been 9:30pm but mom thrust the phone at me as I was trying to get out the door saying 'Say 'hello' to your Auntie Noreen!' Why do moms do that?

The Kirk was quite busy when I got there but I got my Abbot Ale and went to my usual table above the pulpit. The pub was kind enough to provide some entertainment in the form of a few drunken people having a noisy debate and swearing session about who was the drunkest while the one man slept, passed out on the table! I have been frequenting the Kirk for over three years now and have never seen any trouble. Last night I felt like one of the two old duffers on the Muppets sat in the box jeering at the performers! I wasn't heckling though, just watching the show.

To cut a long story short, one woman threw a glass and the sleeping man stood up suddenly and fell over the table! I felt tempted to hold score cards up but didn't. Three bar staff ran over to help and someone else called the police who arrived five minutes later. Meanwhile. The retired dentist and his wife who live near mom sneaked out of the Kirk. I think they'd been to a concert at the town hall and had called in to the pub on the way back. After three pints, I headed home too.

On the news this morning, they featured an amazing lady who was 100 doing a parachute jump. Mom expressed her admiration and I turned to her and said 'Oh I might as well tell you now! When we get ready to go out shortly, don't wear a skirt! A little plane is going to pick you up from the Heads of Ayr, take you up and you get to jump out.'

'You will be my blip today!'

We were both laughing for nearly half an hour after that.

After a dawdle round the town, we had steak and chips for dinner and then I trundled to the beach to catch the sunset. I got it before it disappeared behind the Isle of Arran.

Track? Another one from 1961! This was originally done by Del Shannon but here is a 1976 version from Alex Harvey - Runaway