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Hi, Rusty!
Oh , I love it! and Morag!
I would go and stay with her, too!
She sounds delightful!
Is all the book like that?
I should enjoy reading it if so?

Hello, Elle,
This is the title quote in Morag's second letter.
"Surely it's that quiet here even the sheeps themselves on the hills is lonely and as to the sea it's that near I use it myself every day for the refusals...."

Hello, Elle,
Yes, there is that gentle humour throughout her books.
She meets the folk on the island and their ways are not the ways of Miss Beckwith, or their speech patterns!
She wrote 5 or 6 books about her life there.
"The Sea for Breakfast", "A Rope In Case", "The Loud Halo", are the ones I remember.
Semi-autobiographical.
The books certainly appealed to me.
I first came across them 30 or more years ago.

Hi, Rusty!
I very much like the idea of reading Lilian Beckwith's books, so I have just been on to Amazon and have ordered "The Hebridean Omnibus".
This consists of three of her books.......
"The Hills is Lonely"; "The Sea for Breakfast"; and "The Loud Halo"
Very good condition from Book donor.
All for 43p plus p&p.
A very good bargain?
I am looking forward to the Omnibus' arrival!
Goodness me, look at the time!
It is "tomorrow" already!
I am away to my bed.......!

Hello, Elle!
That would have been my advice to you.
Buy "The Hebridean Omnibus".
At 43p it is a great bargain!
If you bought them separately, you would have had three separate p&p charges at £2.80.
So, you have a snip!
608 pages, a good read!
She also has "The Second Hebridean Omnibus" if you happen to like her tales.
And if you do not see it on Amazon, remember to try eBay.

Good morning, Rusty!
It is absolutely glorious out!
Already the temperature is into double figures!
Yes, I was pleased with my purchase ...but even more delighted when I realised that for 1p I could buy "The Second Hebridean Omnibus" of Lilian Beckwith's books!
So I have done so!
It is classified as "Good" condition.
I am looking forward to reading them all........
Are you watching BGT?
Or going out to meet your friends from Norn Iron today?

Good morning, Elle!
Quite a nice day here, so far.
No, I meet my friends tomorrow.
Well done on "Hebrides 2".
A good bargain, I think.
I have watched BGT.
Not as good as last week's show, I didn't think.
The acts I liked were, Tokio, Josephine the magician, and the young ones from Norn Iron!
What did you think?

Hi, Rusty!
Uhm...well, I thought there were some competent performances in BGT this week, but nothing really "grabbed" me personally - except maybe Tokio?
I didn't think much of the first two acts......the dancer impersonating the Queen ; followed by the Bollywood dancers.
Very second -rate.....
And the guy who was blindfolded and then broke the Guinness Book of Records for making animal shapes out of balloons in a shorter time.
He achieved his mission...but it is hardly a repeatable act...what would he do for an "encore"?
The magician, Josephine, was very good.....I wonder how she did that last trick?
We couldn't accuse the judges of any collusion there?
And I thought Tokio was wonderful!
Very accomplished - and very determined to make something worthwhile of his life!
The children's choir was good - but I enjoyed it more for the children's facial expressions and their obvious delight in their performances.
Am I being too analytical?
I got a bit carried away there!
I have finished The Everyman - a good puzzle - but disappointingly no parsings left over for me to "worry at"!
What are you up to today?

Hello, Elle!
No, you are not being overly analytical.
Just calling it the way you see it!
Tokio was in a class of his own as regards talent.
I agree about the choir.
Lovely youngsters enjoying themselves, but how good are they?
The Queen act was dire.
Bollywood was reasonable.
The four girls in tattery trousers were mediocre.
The balloon/world record act was unentertaining.
Josephine was very good.
Full marks to David, Alesha, and Amanda, for making efforts to look really smart for the occasion.
Very well turned out, they were.
And then there is Simon, unshaven and in a tee shirt!
Someone should have a word with him!
I have no plans for today.
That is the way Sundays should be, I think!

Hi, Rusty!
We forgot about the comedian!
It was he for whom Amanda pressed the Gold buzzer!
I thought he was reasonably good - with a pleasing personality?
But I am not the best person to offer comments on comedians....
I only find them "funny" if the jokes are very clever....I don't like slapstick or pointless jokes.
I like "clean" humour, too, although sometimes Jasper Carrot can be a trifle suggestive, and I do find him amusing.
And Dave Allen sailed very close to the wind - and was considered very controversial - and he could be very funny!
What did you reckon to Amada's choice of Daliso?
Did you like him?