Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Friday, 17 January 2014

Kelso 2014

After a couple of panicky days looking for accommodation for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and finding nothing in, near, or even not very close to the venues for the necessary nights, apart from ridiculously priced Travelodges and Premier Inns, we widened the search deciding that for the same money we could get a cottage nearby and make a week of it; it still was difficult to find anywhere within 100 miles for what will clearly be the most populous week in South Scotland’s history, but finally we secured a property just within that radius near Kelso, which will turn a couple of trips to the Games into an enjoyable summer holiday - provided the Scottish weather obliges.

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