tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post6681332244229711263..comments2023-08-02T10:45:41.531+01:00Comments on In the footsteps of the Fool: ghost riders in skye 2Dave Leekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-37067056042496025722011-04-19T10:33:41.496+01:002011-04-19T10:33:41.496+01:00I certainly seem to get more and more cronier as I...I certainly seem to get more and more cronier as I get older! I remember when the BBC first started making the "Grumpy Old Men" series - the kids told me excitedly that "they've made a tv series about you!"<br /><br />Glad to hear from you, Andy. Hope you're keeping well.<br /><br />We stayed up on Loch Fyne a few years ago and travelled across to Islay. All these places I loved the sound of were as exciting as I thought they'd be.<br /><br />Shame about the midges, though.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-26158038247027895742011-04-19T08:35:54.176+01:002011-04-19T08:35:54.176+01:00Glad you seem to have had a good time and that Har...Glad you seem to have had a good time and that Harvey did actually behave himself!.Although the island where my brother has his flat (Cumbrae) is clearly nowhere near as isolated as Skye (it's only 12 minutes by ferry from the mainland) it has a similar remoteness and there really is something very special about being on an island. In the case of Cumbrae it is pretty easy to ensure a feeling of isolation by simply walking(or driving if one must) to the other side from where the mainland is not visible (although the Mull of Kintyre is!) Heaven. <br />Ps Word verification = 'cronier'. I suppose if we saw more of each other we would be 'cronier'?Andy Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131431242371886428noreply@blogger.com