Flight around East Lothian for an hour – around Tantallon and Gifford and an attempt to find the standing stone around Trapain Law. Revcounter not working and strobes interfere with radio – otherwise uneventful flight.

Various Scottish Microlight entries arrived looking for golf courses – including one who asked if East Fortune runway had a fence in the middle and then tried to land on the museum runway, and an entrant whose plane wouldn’t start again and took a good 40 minutes to get going. Well done for entering though – I was far too scared with too little experience!

Dinner at the Goblin Ha’ at Gifford – superb duck breasts and superb barmaid breasts – possibly larger than my wife (Natasha) – but that is apparently out to the jury at the mo.

A Genesis tribute band – The Musical Box – playing in Newcastle City Hall. Great concert and everyone dressed in their seventies gear (nothing like a genesis tribute concert to make you feel young).

Happy Hour in Newcastle is a confusing affair – “are you drinking inside or outside — that lager is not included in the buy one get one free Happy Hour Special and neither is the vodka but the cointreau is because we don’t have any pernod but then I need to check about the Lemonade and that will be 22 pounds please” – I can see why they call it Happy Hour…

And now twins – baby rams this time with daddy ram beating them up at various opportunities and a complete set of shepherds and stockmen and wives and neighbours coming to make sure all is well – these are the best looked after lambs around!

Their testicles were somewhat too small to be ‘ringed’ (that is applying a rubber ring to cut off circulation until they fall off) – they have made friends with the other lamb and are roaming around in a youth group.

Since it was dodgy flying weather (again) we decided to go stone circle hunting at Hethpool and around the College Valley in Northumberland. Iron Age Forts on the hills with marvellous views to the Cheviot and surrounding hills.

One of my Soay Sheep gave birth today to a healthy looking lamb (one of the others is looking like she is ready with the ram sniffing around her rotund shape)

An Iron Age fort protected by steep climbs and wild goats, with splendid views over a flooded Milfield Plain and over to the Cheviot Hills. In all a jolly nice walk.

Late lunch at the Milfield Coffee Shop which had run out of Sunday Lunch food and managed to serve the second worst cappuccino I have ever tasted.

Knockhill – hail shower – high wind, MGF – too much speed on hairpin – not enough control – skid – backend slide – stopped on the grass. A few laps trying to stay on the track and then…

Ferrari – 140mph on straight – awkward drive position with left hand drive and right aligned pedals, stiff clutch and a gearbox designed by rubik.