Loads of research- and media-related admin to do. But rather than try to think about music at the same time, I took the middle of the day off and went up here ... 

It was sunny, perfectly still and warm, and you'd never guess it was January, especially with snow forecast for tomorrow. If I hadn't been on my own, I'd have gone for a swim. I saw one other person in two hours, about a mile away.

And this is looking the other way, back to Glasgow.

Speaking of photos, if you've got a brochure for the Celtic Connections festival, look at the inside front cover and in the full page picture there, you'll see it's me and DG on the stage!

Special mention to the nice people at this bike shop in Wiltshire, who when I rang them this morning to ask about whether a bit of my handlepost had fallen off, dismantled a new one to find out, rang me back in half an hour, and put the relevant part in the post.