It's dawned on me that the next couple of months are going to be very busy indeed, so I've been trying to clear the various piles of un-dealt with paper that are littered on and around my desk. It's a slow process.

Meanwhile, here a couple of photos from the last week or two that I just found on my phone ... first, a shop window ad in Edinburgh.

And one of Glasgow's great cycle lanes - at least this one, unlike some others, doesn't double as a bottle bank. I've never seen this gate unlocked.

For reasons too boring to go into here, I got a copy of the new Flipron album in the post today, despite the fact that it doesn't come out until November 3.  And of course, it's brilliant - the single comes out next Monday.