THURSDAY, 8th February FRIDAY, 9th February The three of us settled in to a routine of rising late, breakfasting late but lunching early so that we could be at Pats side by 2pm. Lunch today was a sickly green soup prepared by Anne from celery, onion and leek. It tasted much better than it looked. I was really trying not to eat so much this week....

SATURDAY, 3rd February I rang the hotel in York first thing to postpone our two night booking until Tuesday. We were supposed to be there tonight but no way were we going to leave P and D on their own. In crystal clear blue skies we drove in to Fort William, the first of many tedious journeys to the hospital, and found P where we had left her bu...

TUESDAY, 30th January We were going to leave for Kinlochleven about 11am but J insisted we stay for lunch...which we did...so it was way after midday before we left...which was not a problem. It had been recommended that we stop at Crieff. I do not know why unless it had hidden pleasures we did not discover during the hour in that town. It was v...

SUNDAY, 24th December I slept right through to 11am. It must have been the malt whiskeys last night...plus the long day. Outside the ground was covered in a thick frost. It looked like we might have a white Xmas after all even if it was not snow. Very Xmascardy. D and I took the low road into Fort William to do some shopping. Everything was whit...