A daring daylight robbery took place at this year's RSAC Rally at Dalbeattie. Somebody nicked one of the books off the display in the Book-tique. That's a first in three years of attending rallies and car shows. I was just more surprised than angry when I noticed. I wonder how much it will be to install CCTV !!!
Just spotted a new flag pole - wonder if Jas P Wilson would do me a deal. The man in the moon would even see my flag !!
Open for business .... Methinks I need some form of flutterising device for my poor wee flag. There's not a breath of wind here at Dalbeattie for the RSAC Rally today. Or maybe I should invest in a bugle to call the opening hours ??
Didn’t make it to Dalbeattie today (Friday) for the RSAC Scottish Rally but will be there tomorrow (Saturday 18th) and hope to be on site before the first sparrowfart of the day. Don’t know where the Book-tique will be set up, so lift your eyes skywards and look for the red chequered flag if you’re after some books!
I’ve still got some posters left. In fact I sold three from the back door of the hoose over the past couple of weeks to folk who were worried I’d be sold out before this weekend – because, once they’re gone, they’re gone! And dinnae try tae order one on line – they’re too big to post – personal collection only!
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Spent the day yesterday in deepest Berwickshire with the proof-readers for the next book in the series, ‘The Scottish Rally Championship 2010-2019’. Once I had been attacked by umpteen tail-wagging, lugs flapping wee dugs we sat down at the table to go through the draft, all 130,000 words of it! Susan checks my grammar (fewer queries this year, yee haa!) while Rodger checks the content (he kens more about rallying than I do!) and we didnae argue – too much!
Compounding this week’s workload, Alistair sent me a further selection of foties and as I’ve said so often before, it’s easy to pick what goes into the book, not so easy which ones to leave out because I’ve run out of space. Always a difficult task. The adverts are also starting to come in although I have room for one more if anyone is interested. There is a strict limit on advertising because I don’t want the book to look like a catalogue but it sure helps with the overall quality of the publication. And in case you hadn’t noticed, all the advertisers so far have a distinct connection with Scottish rallying – nae ootsiders!
Anyway, progress is being made.
One extra wee thing though. Having survived the en-route Edinburgh By-Pass stationery car park quite successfully yesterday morning I had time in hand before my appointment so stopped at Chirnside to visit the church cemetery and pay my respects. There are actually two headstones there because the World Champ lies beside his parents beside the wall at the north side of grounds and both graves looked well tended with fresh flowers. There’s also a wooden bench there for a wee seat and contemplation.
Anyway I was sitting there lost in thought when a head popped over the wall: “Have you seen a black labrador running about?” The head belonged to an elderly gent looking for his dog so we were having a nice wee chat when he asked if I would you like to see the photos? A few moments later his wife appeared with an envelope of personal photographs from happier times past and her own record of later sad events.
It was one of those poignant little moments that will live long in the memory. Grace’s clear voice and perfectly polite lilting diction recalling personal past memories of life and connections in this quiet part of the country. An absolutely lovely and very charming lady sharing her personal memories of a still revered world-wide personality. Thank you Grace.
