Change of scenery

After tea, I head over the hill to Bannalaw. Mike is eating beans from a pan.

We settle in the lounge with beer, tea, and roaring stove. The room is spartan, artex ceilings in circular patterns, snatches of ancient wallpaper. Echoes of Sandy and Kathleen.

It’s snowing again as I return home. Claire is back from Musselburgh where they’ve been planning their summer sailing trip to Norway.