John d'A.
More thoughts.
I gather there an some ongoing diplomatic incident concerning the Scottish mainland and the USA. Could Arran (your garden specifically) take the role that Iceland did in USA/Soviet rapprochement so many years earlier, this time brokered by Nicolas S while he is there?
Perhaps, then, the scene in your garden would look like this (you in the background)...
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JimC