…the legendary WURDS of the unmatchable Dylan Thomas reverberate among what’s left of my wee grey cells as I prepare for a trip back to Blighty and parts of North Britain… ‘…do not go gentle into that good United Kingdom…’ …Master Gallacher Girds for GB-Land…
…luggage check:
- Toothbrush… check
- Change of woolly knickers… check
- Laptop, the writing of literary masterpieces for… check
- Change of carbon paper for copies of #3 on Mac… check
- Loads of copies of my Jack Calder crime thrillers to ‘accidentally’ leave lying around in railway stations, bus termini, airport lounges… check
- Three felt tip ‘signing pens’ to assuage the baying public’s lusting for author-signed books… check
- Several pieces of paper carrying the name of my Agent, lest I forget it (as if!)… check
- Several other pieces of paper carrying my own name, lest I forget it (highly possible)… check
- Two alarm clocks to ensure I’m awake in plenty of time to meet author/reader/web pals in Manchester… check
- The same two alarm clocks, to ring in Gaelic, to ensure I’m awake in plenty of time to meet author/reader/web pals in Glasgow… check
…the invitations for each of the get-togethers in Manchester and Glasgow remain, with only three weeks to go… here they are again:
MANCHESTER
…Master Gallacher intends to visit Manchester in early September this year, and would be enthralled to meet any pals on ‘ere for a coffee, in that excellent city… likely time frame: post-breakfast, morning of Friday, September 2nd, say 9.am-noon, general vicinity of Holiday Inn Hotel, City Centre… please DM me on here or email on seumasgallacher@yahoo.com …would be great to hook up… cheers… see yeez later… LUV YEEZ!
GLASGOW
…Master Gallacher intends to Glasgow in early September this year, and would be enthralled to meet any pals on ‘ere for a coffee, in that excellent city… likely time frame: post-breakfast, morning of Saturday, September 3rd, say 9.am-noon, general vicinity of Millennium Hotel, (next to Queen St. Station)… please DM me on here or email on seumasgallacher@yahoo.com …would be great to hook up… cheers… see yeez later… LUV YEEZ!
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Have a great trip, Seumas. I don’t think I’ll be able to make it this year but perhaps next time. 🙂
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…time and place, m’Lady… it’ll happen again, I trust …cheeeeers 🙂
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Have a lovely trip, Seumas – anytime you venture to the southern end of the kingdom and I’m able to make it, I’d love to meet you:)). In the meantime, I hope your visit is a huge success.
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..would LUV to catch up at some time in the near future , m’Lady 🙂
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Have a great trip ..only sorry you won’t be calling in at London again!
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…if I could clone myself ( shudder the thought and the negative impact on the planet!), I’d visit all my pals …:)
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Have a great trip, Seumas. From your list, it seems you’re more than ready.:) — Suzanne
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…anticipating it all with great delight, m’Lady, Suzanne 🙂
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Just saw your post just now. If you get to the Faur East, let me know and it’ll be grand to catch up.
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..regretfully, the three hour window in Glasgow’s all I can manage on this tour, Borassic 😦
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Should be a lovely time of year for your visit?
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…well, at anytime in the year in Scotland we can get snow, sun, hail, heat..all in the same hour! 🙂
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And there’s another reason to smile at Scotland.
Sounds a great deal like Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. There’s been snowfall in the mts. in the past few days, but in the plains – it’s a much warmer story.
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