Dear friends

I must say I was tickled pink when our darling Editor Pickles called me up on the phone and said" Clithilda , what ever it is your doing stop it now! I have a most important assignment for you".
When Pickles mentioned that the assignment was to co-edit Mark Bannerman's newsletter I was delighted to come out of retirement and relocate from Surrey to Bonny Scotland - better still my penchant for yeasty booze seems quite the norm up here.

The Scots really are fantastic and Mr Bannerman is such a darling to work for, so understanding of my personal requirements and sleep patterns.

Yes it's personal issues before deadlines in this sleepy nook on the East Coast of Scotland wedged between salty sailors, all cockles and muscles alive alive oh.

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