WE’RE not long finished breakfast when Catriona, Will and the kids rock up.

After a coffee and a blether they all go off to feed the ducks and I do a wee bit of work, get lunch ready and blow up the paddleboard.

We chat some more then they head off and I go for a quick paddle across to Inchcailloch. The loch’s the calmest I’ve seen it.

The rest fo the afternoon is fairly chilled. I prepare the ingredients for tonight’s jambalaya and get some of it prepared before we wander along to Betty and Joe’s for a wee aperitif with our neighbour Liz. It;s nearly 10pm when we get home and we’re glad I made a start on the jambalaya earlier!