FUNNY – used to be Monday that was my busy guitar lesson/workshop day but it’s kinda moved to Wednesday.

I have an online session first thing and my next student arrives just as the online session is winding up.

There’s about 20 minutes between the next two sessions then I get on with some routine admin stuff.

I have to nip into Glasgow and decide to kill two birds with one stone and get one shopping too. I also wanna pick up an iPad for Margaret. Her 10+ year-old MacBook Air is still going but it’s starting to flag a bit – I’ve replaced my laptop with an iPad Pro and (Logitech) keyboard case and haven’t looked back. And iPad OS26 (still in beta) has brought it even closer to a laptop experience.

I reckon the new ‘basic’ iPad with keyboard/trackpad case would not only be a more productive tool for Margaret being faster and more intuitive to use…but also comes in about 40% of the cost of a new laptop!

She’s not been sold on the idea in past chats so I decide to bite the bullet and sort it out to see if it’ll work for her.

I pick up a Logitech keyboard case with trackpad at the Braehead Apple Store and subsequently an iPad A16 at Costco. Total cost is under £400.

I go about my business in Glasgow, pick up some charcoal at Rightway in Polmadie, Costco and Tesco shopping then home.

Fiona’s coming along for dinner later and we’d planned a paddle beforehand…but her B&B guests haven’t arrived and I’m puggled, so instead start configuring the new iPad for Margaret.

Fiona rocks up at dinner time and we have a nice night of food, wine and chat.