A great night on Saturday in the Village Hall when Peninver and Carradale Drama Clubs presented a couple of one act plays - Carradale had collected a couple of trophies in the round of festivals and as we knocked back our red wine and waved to our friends,  we were expecting great things.

Peninver kicked off and were well into their stride when the power went off!  So there we were with nothing more than the hall emergency lights and a dark stage.  Being the true thespians that they are, they never missed a beat and just carried on while at the back of the hall the committee were running around in a panic, phoning the Hydro Board, and discovering that the whole of the west of Scotland - and the Isle of Man - had a massive blackout. So we enjoyed listening to the play - a bit like afternoon theatre on Radio 4 - and certainly got the gist of things, and they got a huge round of applause when they finished.

Power still not back, it was decided to carry on  - but with all the curtains drawn back we could now vaguely see the stage.  Admittedly the sun-drenched seaside set we were supposed to see looked as if a heavy sea mist had come in, but we could make out Tony's jolly shirt and shorts, and it was a good wee play, so full marks again to the actors.

On Sunday the cricket season started and as we came back from our Deer Hill walk we were impressed to see the team getting the pitch ready.  It is still hard to believe that Carradale actually has a cricket team.  However by lunch time it was raining hard, so we assume there was no play.