A day out.

Seeing the weather was most agreeable.It occured to me that even though I had been through Musselburgh many times I had never seen the harbour. Tick, pleasant enough Perhaps a mile from the ever crowded Portobello beach we decided to stoll along an almost deserted Musselburgh beach. We were admiring some grand houses on that side of town and down by the river. Might be a fine place to live we thought until we headed back down the High Street.

Terrible. Very run down, dirty and drunken neds and jakies tipping back cans of super lager while playing overly loud music. The high street is infested with nail bars, Turkish barbers, more barbers - there must be way more than fifty. Town suicide. Sorry Musselburgh, you are scratched from the list.

Getting home I found hundreds of ants (some tiny, some large and winged). Inside and outside the conservatory door. Found the source of the nest, then off to the garden centre to get some ant bait. It seems to be working well. Will revue in the morning.