Welcome to the Bute Noir 2017 Flanneur!
Rothesay is a past winner of Britain in bloom.
It gets enough rain to grow lovely flowers.
That cleverly form into arcs
and snakes
And borders
And colours so bright they make your eyes ache
Three gallons of mayonnaise in transit
Note the mayo minder
they knew there were crime writers around and you can't be too careful
The runners and riders
the puppet maker
Steve Cavanagh doing something with a stick
so close but yet so far...
Doug Johnstone trying a new grip
trying to figure out how to get the ball in the hole.
some miscreants hanging around
The finale, Craig trying to control 7 women and a Liverpudlian. No chance.
We laughed
We hooted and hollered
We got a perfect ten
And that was us. not the audience
Louise Voss paying no attention to Craig whatsoever
Either that or I am looking at the clock to check the ferry times
We are really lucky to live on this bit of the planet - and look - the water is at the bottom, not pouring down from the top.
Clouds dancing
Sunset on Bute
Roll on August 3-5th 2018
Caro Ramsay 11 08 2017
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Great post...it was a fabulous weekend on a beautiful island.
ReplyDeleteI will be in touch Myra for a guest post from your good self, with all that history from the island, a few murders and a deep fried haggis or two!
DeleteCaro, What fun! Even the golf looks like fun and games!
ReplyDeleteI think golf is putting it a big strong Annamaria, five crime writers with hangovers, walking round a field slapping a ball with a stick. At one point they did have to stop the traffic for ball retrieval purposes...
DeleteI know you're expecting me to go for it, Caro, but when I first read the title of the event, I thought it was a misspelling of summer life here in Mykonos. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteToo cold. wet and windy for that kind of thing here Jeff. I am talking about the weather by the way....
Delete"Rothesay is a past winner of Britain in boom." Was that during WW II? Just trying to keep your story straight in my mind...
ReplyDeleteNever try to keep my story straight in your mind. It will twist and twist again ( like we did last summer). That and the fact Ah cannae type!
DeletePerfect 10! Way to go and expect no less :)
ReplyDeleteCara, it was fab. Packed out venues, events looked over by stuffed badgers, terrible charades, theme tunes on kazoos lots of wine and home made cupcakes...
DeleteStuffed badgers? Is that a Scottish thing?
ReplyDeleteOne of the Slice Girls was in the museum doing up her thigh high boots before their performance. She thought somebody was looking but when she turned round, she was met by the beady eyes of a stuffed badger....I think it was AK Benedict....
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