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Hello, Elle!
I only know that leg slip is a cricketing term.
But what it means I do not know.
My son brought me a silverside meal from the butcher.
I am very pleased.
Be for tea tomorrow.
We get Continental markets here, but I do not know if they are any good or not.
I am happy with ASDA.
There was a large alligator on the golf course enjoying the sun.

Hi, Rusty!
I decided to look up "leg slip" in Chambers....but apart from being told it is a fielding position ( which even I guessed), I am not much the wiser.......it is beyond my comprehension.
I am three - quarters way through the 15 x 15, but abandoned it in favour of Miss P's adventures.........
I should finish reading "The Hills is Lonely" before bedtime.
I have really enjoyed it!
Has your Second Hebridean Omnibus arrived yet?

Hello, Elle!
My book is not here.
It was ordered and paid for on 30 April.
I will email Julie tomorrow.
Could be Royal Mail though, which is slow, and not Julie.
I know some cricketing terms but not what they mean.
You need them for crossword solving!
I am pleased you and Miss Peckwitt are getting on fine!
And the Omnibuses represent good value, too.

Hey, Rusty!
Right....I have now finished Miss P's first chronicle of adventures!
I thought it was very good........very amusing and I had many a chuckle , both out loud and to myself.
I can see though why her popularity might have waned a little when the Islanders read her book.......
For instance, she speaks of her welcome back to Bruach (after her visit to England) as "the geniality of the Gael, despite its lack of sincerity, is an endearing trait".
Not perhaps the most tactful way of expressing her sentiments!
I loved the Wedding!
And the description of the crushed eggshells and the semolina was hysterical!
The next volume is "The Sea for Breakfast" where Miss Beckwith buys her own croft.
I hope your book turns up soon.
I have Mac's autobiography still to come.

Hello, Elle!
She is some dame to speak of "lack of sincerity"!
She has sincerely forgotten to mention her husband in her books.
If my memory is right, the croft she bought was on the Isle of Soay, not far from Elgol.
Soay was also the home of Gavin Maxwell, the author, for a while.
He set up a shark fishing business there, but it foundered eventually.
I am not sure if there are any inhabitants on Soay these days.
Eggshells make great confetti!
And she is very critical of the local girls choosing red and blue colours to wear?
I do not understand that criticism, at all.

The slips are the fielders behind the wicket to catch balls too far away for the wicket keeper, usually hit off the side of the bat. Mostly they are in the "off" position but can be in the "leg" position on the other side. Which side these are depends on the handedness of the batsman.

Good morning, Rusty!
A somewhat damp start to the morning.....although a watery sun is making an appearance now that I am home again.
Have you been out yet for your paper?
Now, Miss P....
I have been doing a little research and it seem her books are described as "semi"- autobiographical, so I guess she has some licence in what she tells us.
You are perfectly correct in saying that "in real life" she and her husband moved to the Isle of Soay and thereby bought a croft......
But I have just begun reading Book Two, and in that she says that she (a middle -aged spinster on her own) bought a cottage and croft fairly nearby Morag's establishment - just outside the village and still on the Isle of Skye!
We shall have to enjoy the tales without worrying too much about their authenticity, I think!
We are invited out for coffee this morning......we are going to visit our (ex) neighbour who is now living with his daughter.


Thank you, Ros.
I should like to say that I now understand...but to be honest, despite your kindly taking the trouble to explain, I am not very much the wiser!

Good morning, Elle!
No rain here for weeks.
The ground at the cemetery was bone dry yesterday.
I still think it odd about Miss Peckwitt's invisible husband.
But, the tales are good and as I have said, I first came across Miss P decades ago and assumed that most of what she wrote was accurate, and I enjoyed them then and now.
I did mean to let you know that recently the Wee Frees had a dispute in their ranks and some broke away to start afresh.
They are now known as the Wee Wee Frees.
Hope you get on fine at your old neighbours.
Take along a packet of biscuits for a wee strupach.

Good afternoon, Rusty!
It was an enjoyable visit!
We all had a good chat and catch up!
I cannot find out what a "strupach" is though?
Chambers does not tell me?
Is it a "feast"?
If so, there was no need to take our own biscuits!
Our neighbour's daughter (who is our generation; ex neighbour is at least twenty years older than I am ) had baked blueberry muffins and shortbread biscuits - delicious!
(You would especially have loved the shorties!)
No, I hadn't heard of the Wee Wee Frees! (you're not kidding me?)
What did the two factions quarrel about?
Right....time to take a look at the crossword ........

Hello, Elle!
Do not you have a glossary in "The Hills"?
A strupach or strupak is Gaelic for a cup of tea and a chat, and just maybe, a biscuit or scone, as well!
No, it is true about the Wee Wee Frees, absolutely.
I have no idea what the schism is about ( the less I have to do with either of them, the better!) but it may have been about the music in the church.
I have not looked at my crossword yet.
Been arranging a wee outing with Miss La Bamba to Pine Cone tomorrow.
I can relax now!