UP EARLY – Margaret’s off to Dundee to help Mikey with some bank stuff and my pal Elaine’s coming to spend some time working on a song.

I manage to get the studio tidied a little before Elaine arrives and we spend a couple of hours tweaking a song we’ve been working on.

After a quick stop for lunch I wash out my winter wetsuit, clean the smoker then get back to the studio for an online meeting about our local hydro society website.

Next it’s onto the batch of spurtle pins I cast the other day. The need sanded and properly shaped.

It’s a messy job that I need to do outside due to the amount of dust. It’s also time-consuming as it has to be done by hand. Any power tools will destroy my carefully crafted pins.

I get the main sanding done and decide to leave final polishing, marking/engraving and attaching the pins ‘til tomorrow.

There’s time to get some work done in the studio before Margaret gets home then we chill and enjoy paella for dinner.