As usual, 'Pitkirtly VIII' is taking a slightly different shape from the one I expected. One of the characters - a new arrival - has decided to do something very silly. Of course that in itself isn't all that surprising. If characters didn't do anything out of the ordinary then novels would be extremely boring. I'm just …
Newsflash
I bring two pieces of (I hope) good news this morning. After a spell during which I did everything about as quickly as an arthritic slug - my excuse is that the weather was hotter than I am used to! though I expect if we had had a very dark, wet June and July I would …
Cecilia Peartree - woman of mystery 