LAKE CHAMPAGNE

Hear ye! Hear ye! Did you know that there is a 'Champagne Lake', i.e. a glut, in the world just now. The supermarkets and off-licence shops are offering bottles for sale at a very much reduced rate just now. (M-m-m-m, come to think of it, maybe this is what they do every year in the pre-Christmas push for sales.....!)

Be that as it may, Maggie and I feel we must do our bit to help the economy. No we haven't quite sunk into the North Sea yet but there certainly are signs of slippage. Either way, the stuff has to be drunk.

Actually I have another reason to buy this and that is to do with the fact that Alastair and Dawn (with the help of Mairi beavering in the back-room, so to speak) have planned a 'Re-Wedding' here next August. The hall - Glasgow Piping Centre - has been booked. I took the opportunity to lay down a few bottles to help our Florida visitors celebrate (of course!) but I also felt they might need a little help to adjust to our climate. We get thirsty here but it ain't due to hot weather!

Now the really important part of this exercise, of course, is for Maggie and I to find a couple of flute glasses ... m-m-m maybe we should experiment with another shape? ... and test the stuff. Ah-h-h ... August is a long way, away!