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…and it’s the start of The Six Nations Rugby – yeeeeeaaaaaaayyyy!

Can you tell I’m excited? It’s just about the one sporting event I watch regularly these days. Oh, that and the Rugby World Cup of course!

In years gone by I’d have a few pints of Guinness in The Clachan whilst watching the first game on a Saturday. Then back to Mary’s for the second game and a can or several of the black stuff.

This year? Well, with all the medication I’m still taking, it would be sheer bloody stupidity to try that. Mind you, I stopped taking the antibiotics on Tuesday.

So a drink or two wouldn’t hurt at Mary’s whilst I watch England hammer Wales and Scotland do the same to France on Sunday. Well, I can dream… can’t I? Actually, I reckon that both teams have a better than even chance tomorrow. We’ll see…

Well, that’s what I thought the poster in The Clachan was about. On closer examination it proved to be promoting The World Fly Fishing Championships 2009. My mis-understanding I put down to the fact that I was well into a ‘business meeting’.

There was also a handy little pamphlet stuffed full of useful tips and hints for fly-fishers. Not knowing a thing about fly-fishing, but having stood in admiration at their skill and grace many a time, I flicked through it.

I was totally gob smacked to discover that, if you or I did any of the things suggested, we’d probably be locked up and the key thrown away! For instance:

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A few morsels from my sojourn to The Clachan today. Another interminable business meeting…

Keep The Cleavage Campaign

The dress code for staff, both male and female, is pretty simple – black trousers or skirt and white top of your own choice. No problems there, although it has to be said that the sight of Jamie wearing a black mini-skirt has been known to drive away even the hardened drinkers among us!

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