Coronet journey, and forming the PLN (edited and finished)

 ...the PLN which is nicked from the Nac Mac Feegle in Discworld, in which the pictsie Big Man writes out the PLN, and says, 'right now, we have a plan, now we just have to figure out what to do!' in apprpropriate Scots dialect. (I'm re-reading the Nac Mac Feegle books to soothe myself on the Tube this week.)
( the trip )

I'll get to the tournament in time (posted an account to explain what happened to HE Clancy to the DWL), but honestly, much of the event was dominated by the trip itself.

( still more trip )

( return journey )

In which I reveal the PLN

In our journey, we had a lot of time to talk (or listen, as the case may be - have you ever travelled with Sir Vitus?).
( the PLN revealed )

Harley, after a year, is earning her keep...sort of

Last week I got a call at work from Robert, to tell me that Harley had brought home her first mouse. :-) Enormously proud of herself, she brought it inside to play with it and show it off, before finishing it off and starting to dine.
We decided that the house is off-limits to mice, dead or alive (whenever we're consulted, anyway).
Yesterday she brought home the next one - still living - and we ejected her til she'd done with it. While we're proud of her mousing skills - mighty hunter puss! - bringing them indoors defeats the purpose.

Harley has now been with us for a year. It was the last August bank holiday when we were coming home from a movie, and found this small friendly puss within the close, who followed us into the house for a hot meal and good conversation.

She's a real joy to have in the house: chatty, sociable, playful, and endearing. I'm so glad she found us. One of the neighbours told us that 'where she's from' tortoiseshell cats are lucky. We feel pretty lucky ourselves.