August 2006

Lucy is heavily pregnant and is off to the island of Yell tonight, there to be delivered, we hope, of her (seven and counting) puppies. Doesn’t she look happy? Meanwhile, I took advantage of what was probably the last fine day of the summer to do a walk I’ve been promising myself for nigh on…

I wouldn’t know where to begin in describing Da Big Bannock. Suffice to say that the biggest bannock (cheese, this year) in the world is cooked. Teams compete to make butter (Da Kirnathon). There is a stunt 'iron horse' display (an iron horse, tiller or cultivator is a motorised plough) and of course the Merry…

Well, no, actually. Glasgow ABC2 was the last of the tour (pictures by the excellent Stewart Cunningham), and now it’s back to mowing the grass and cooking the tea (bolognese). But it’s impossible to leave the guitars alone, and also impossible to avoid searching eBay frenziedly for that brilliant wee valve pre-amp Gypsy Dave Smith…

Heading off on the boat tonight (Wednesday) for nearly three weeks on the road playing music…me and James (The Tom Morton Two. Blogging will be conducted via the Moblog site – pictures and text daily, I hope, at http://www.moblog.co.uk/blog/tommy or HERE. I won’t be on the radio for four weeks…but stay tuned! for details of…