I GET a few things done after breakfast then we head for Glasgow for a day out.

My birthday gift to Margaret was tickets for A Play, a Pie and a Pint – a lunchtime production that runs at Oran More in Glasgow’s west end. The play she chose – Poker Alice – started this week.

We make good time and pick our respective pints – lager for Margaret and Pepsi Max for me – and our pies (well, we opt for vegan sausage rolls which are really good!) and settle for the play. It’s a one-woman show featuring Annie Grace as Poker Alice and we both really enjoy it.

By co-incidence it’s 20 years since PP&P was launched and one of the first productions was Poker Alice with Annie Grace. After the play there’s a panel session with the artistic director, original director Dave Anderson, production manager and Grace herself. It’s an interesting half hour and I enjoy it even more than the play.

Parking’s expensive so once we’re done we head for some shopping, Margaret gets a look around TK Maxx and spends some vouchers I was ‘awarded’ a year ago then back to the west end for dinner at the Hanoi Bike Shop. One of our favourites and this visit is courtesy of our pals Alastair and Karen who gave me a voucher for my birthday.

We’ve not been for a while and last time was a little disappointing but tonight we have the best meal ever 🙂