Highs and lows

September 26, 2008

We definitely had some days of highs and lows. To start off with a high: An old schoolfriend - whom I had not seen for 28(!) years - and his wife visited us and stayed across the road in our cottage. We had a great time sharing memories of days long gone and added some really good new ones! They enjoyed their stay on Skye and we hope they’ll be back next year.

Second high was tonight with a special on BBC Four on David Gilmour’s concert in Gdansk, Poland. A great performance which was partly covered by BBC TV.

Connected to that is a definite low, the passing of Richard Wright, the keyboard player and founding member of Pink Floyd. He was the man of “The Great Gig In The Sky” (music in the video below), “Us And Them” and the album “Wish You Were Here” carries the signature of his brilliant keyboard work. A sad loss.

The second low was a rather complicated fault in our telephone line which was eventually solved by BT this morning. But only after long, long, long phone calls to a whole range of different BT 0800 numbers. They have a really nice attitude: “Yeah sure, if you insist we will send out an engineer but if it appears to be on your end, you pay us £116.43!”. They almost made me feel like I was a customer… “Customer’…. a rare breed nowadays. Eventually the engineer had to replace a cable between two poles some 300 meters from our house and also a cable between two poles right in front of our house.

To end on a high… The weather. We had some nice and dry days during the past week which gave me the opportunity to finish the roof of the shed as much as I could. All the roof felt is now on and the whole structure is basically water tight but the big wait is now for the slater to his job.

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2 Responses to “Highs and lows”

  1. Angela on October 1st, 2008 21:21

    Hello both,

    didn’t know you were Floyd fans when we met you (I’m Simon Bell’s sister) yes, it was pretty sad to hear that Rick had passed on, strangely enough we were with another Floyd fan down in Cornwall when we found out.

    Hope you are both well.

    Best wishes

    Angela

  2. roger on October 1st, 2008 21:21

    Hi Angela,

    Yes, definitely a sad thing. I guess the ultimate reunion (a concert at the pyramid of Gizeh) is now out of the question. As for being fans, it’s just me who’s the fan. We’ve got very different musical preferences.

    All the best from a VERY windy and rainy Skye!

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