Autumnal colours are everywhere and the last few days have been bright and sunny and showing them at their very best. Unfortunately the bright sunshine is also showing up the dirty windows and cobwebs! Today was rather wet though and not quite so bright so we took the opportunity to drive to Aberdeen for some shopping. Nothing exciting...B&Q for Richard's bits and pieces and a supermarket for foodstuff.
I did another stint at guiding at the castle yesterday and I am gaining confidence and enjoying it more each time. I had a couple from Bishopbrigs who at first I thought were going to be difficult. He never smiled and kept asking questions, most of which I was able to answer, and she just kept talking and talking. However at the end they said it was a great tour and they even wrote in the guestbook, 'Margaret was a great tour guide'. I did tell them a couple of times that my name was Marilyn, but well.....
Watched a really harrowing film last night, 'The Last king of Scotland'. It certainly deserved the label political thriller, and the actors certainly deserved the awards they got. Then I went to bed and read a really stressful chapter in my book (Call the Midwife) about the life of people in the workhouse in the 1950s. I am surprised that I didn't have nightmares.
So no famous people or exciting events to report but the week ahead is about to get busy with a tourism course to attend on Wednesday, the start of the pantomime rehearsals on Thursday, and maybe hosting a dinner party on Saturday. Can't wait to find out what the panto is! Watch this space.