A SELECTION OF FILMS

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus : A travelling theatre company gives its audience much more than they were expecting. Difficult to follow. Needs watching at least twice. Rated 5/10
Up : A man ties thousands of balloons to his house and sets out to fulfil his dream of seeing the wilds of South America. In 3-D. Rated 8.5/10

Love Happens : A widower, whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best selling self help guru, falls for a woman who attends one of his seminars. Rated 6/10

Saw 6 : Special Agent Strahm is dead and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. Great for "Saw" fans. Grandad seen it twice already. Rated 7.5/10

Fantastic Mr. Fox : Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. Good but "something" missing. Rated 7/10

SCHOOL TRIP

Dawn goes off on her school trip to Carlton Lodge near Thirsk. It's a sort of "activity" two days !

SCOTTISH HOLIDAY

After last year's unfortunate problem with Grandad's back everything went well this year and we all enjoyed a busy week in Dunkeld (about 15 miles north of Perth) at Simon and Karen's timeshare lodge. Nanna and Grandad paid four visits to Pitlochry Festival theatre to see four different plays. Several visits to The Taybank for traditional stovies or burgers. Plenty of walking especially from Pitlochry to Edradour Distillery and around The Hermitage along and round the River Braan falls. In a garden where red squirrels can be seen. In fact a very busy week all round. Simon, Karen and the boys paid a visit last Saturday for more walking and then a meal out. There are lots of deer around the Hilton estate in Dunkeld and I was not allowed off the lead for fear of chasing them and/or rabbits. As if I would.......................???