…since I last posted.  I seem to be averaging one post a month now – must do better.  Anyway, back to work and reality after our holiday in Fort Augustus a couple of weeks ago.  The weather wasn’t great (it rained a lot) but the opportunity to get away from everything was much needed.  I love Fort Augustus and the surrounding area.  It is absolutely beautiful especially in Autumn with the colours changing.    The drive up via Loch Lomond then through Glencoe is amazing.  We stayed at the Inchnacardoch Lodge Hotel and I would definitely recommend it.  We stayed there six years ago and although it has changed ownership it is still a great place to stay with good food and good whisky.

Work has been a little less stressful lately.  Reading Group has started again.  Our first book, Welcome to the Great Mysterious by Lorna Landvik, did not go down well.  I thought it was okay but I didn’t love or hate it.  Most of the group disliked it.  We still had quite a good discussion although not necessarily about the book!  Hopefully our next book, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, will produce a good discussion.

My brother and I held our usual Halloween tradition of watching scary movies and eating too much chocolate.  This year’s choices – Candyman (very scary) and The Dollmaster (very silly).  I was expecting Candyman (his choice) to be really gory but it wasn’t as bad as I expected.  I like scary movies but I hate gore.  Put it this way, the chances of me watching something like Saw III are nil.