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
Craig trying to find a ball
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 clapped
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
Me searching for an answer to one of Craig's deep and probing questions.
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










