It was that time of year again, off to Grantown On Spey for the Wee Crime Writing Festival.
That's the official name.
As usual, the weather was lovely.
All the crime writers were placed under house arrest in a Big Brother House scenario.
Imagine all the MIE bloggers in the same house from early Friday to lunchtime Sunday. Would we survive. The Moray Lodge had beautiful grounds, plus this arched bridge over the stream that led to the lochan.
The lochan.
A typical Grantown house. The greyness of the stone has a warm hue.
Our house for the weekend.
The venue for the world premier of Carry On Sleuthing 2
Murder At The Knickerage.
( It's about the death of a man who made his millions selling ladies apparel)
Grantown, rush hour, November.
The first event, Michael J Malone and Daniel Shand.
The crime writers were placed in a room for a lunch of soup and sandwiches.
Douglas Skelton and Mason Cross were the first to sit down.
A few photos of the dinning area of the house. A village lady make us a huge vat of bolognaise.
And left us wine!
The living room
Log fires, big furry rugs, big tv.
And a sun room
A huge kitchen
with informal dinning area and..
this through the wall from my bedroom....it was a big pool
There was a Jacuzzi in the corner.
Sunloungers looking out to the car park.
Occasionally, some nerves were rattled.
The world premier- we went down a storm. Here's Letitia Luvibod (me), Phil McCracken
the plasterer and Bunny ( terrible gossip, he's all ears...)
Letitia and Bunny sort out the plot... and the script!
You can see the knickerage in the background.
A few folk here you might recognise.
The twins from the play- tim and tom tomtin.
Some had to take severe measures to get through it.
Sunday morning, doing serious signing after a breakfast event with bacon butties and coffee.
I had no idea what he was blithering on about!
Huge thanks to Avery Mathers for the photos that I am in! Very talented photographer and, as a writer, one to watch!
Caro 10 11 2017
