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Back from dashing round the mainland. There are times I can recall the attractions of living there but it is just too damn big!

Went down to Essex first and spent the first two days completely unable to make a decision, boy I must have been knackered after the summer. Fortunately my friends let me sit zombie-like, and gradually rehabilitated me by starting with easy questions - would I like more toast? Once I was passed fit I was allowed to move on to Northamptonshire for an eyetest. I reckon to spend 拢100 to 拢200 a day when I'm away, but buying glasses can only be done after a day with the wallet locked away! I nearly got arrested by smiling at other pedestrians but I remembered just in time.

Then on to Shropshire to see my new nephew. He looks OK (I don't do babies). On to Glasgow for more shopping (a new cooker, blew three days budget in half an hour! We evened it up by searching B&Q for the vitally important gas pipe with no success. Lucky, as back at home with all the fancy protective plastic off we discovered one in the oven!). Then further north to Moidart and more friends. We trekked out to Ardnamurchan lighthouse, climbed 150 steps and were rewarded with a very fuzzy view of Coll. On a clear day the view would be fantastic. The lighthouse exhibition was great and so was the carrot cake!

Moidart is very nice and the trees were changing colour so we got our fix of autumn, but they don't have proper sea (too calm and enclosed) and Rum and Eigg are the wrong shape! I thought we were having a building boom on Coll, but we are way behind them. Seemed every fourth house had scaffolding up.