WE HAVE an extremely long lie…apart from sleeping through all our alarm, we make coffee and I deal with all my emails and socials before we get up.

It’s a nice day and I suggest we try out some filming for a video idea I have. Margaret always agrees with some trepidation – she’s not very confident with the camera or gimbal and I can be a bit impatient. Don’t mean to be but sometimes I can’t contain myself!

First I need to spread the word about the Glasgow show with my pal Charlie Parr at the end of May. I repost the promoter’s post announcing the show (despite the fact that he’s billed me as Dave ‘Acari’….grrrr….!!!) and get something out to my mail list.

Rather than use the location I have in kind we decide to use the wooded area behind the studio and spend a few hours trying to get some footage in the can.

There’s not time to do much with the footage before it’s time to head off to Gartmore for dinner with our pals Duncan and Irene where have a grand evening catching up.