Bill Hill's blog

A week ago, I spent a super day in the company of the Wolfarth Family from Atlanta GA. Dennis his wife, Laura and 3 beautiful Daughters, Kristin, Karen and Kimberley. I knew from Laura's first and subsequent E mails that we were going to get on well. At that time, though, I never could have guessed we would get on so well. I met them at the Barcello, met first Laura and Dennis, and we waited for the girls. Then 3 lovely smiling enthusiastic and friendly young women came down the stairs to join us and this great start led to just about the most wonderful day's touring ever.

Yesterday I joined a coachload of young American Soccer players from Lycoming College, Philadelphia Pa. It was a simple, panoramic tour of the old town with a lovely bunch of young and enthusiastic American students and along the way we had a photostop.

Well, its a tough job, but somebody's got to do it!

Bill,
Maureen and meself were gutted to have missed you at the pub quiz last Thursday. Hopefully it'll not be too long before we can go again.

The greater part of last week was spen twith Nikki Broady and her grandson, Jack, both from Indiana in the US. Nikki is a glam gran and has a warm, generous nature, a great sense of humour and a killer smile, Jack is eleven year old and could talk for America!

Angela Lansbury was the picture in my mind as I went to meet the American international best selling crimewriter, Karin Slaughter at her hotel. I couldnt have been wider of the mark as a fair, young, athletic woman came across the foyer with a wide smile to meet me.

I met Patricia (Patti) and Raymond last Wednesday and a rainstorm of tropical proportions was raging so we decided to postpone the tour until later in the week.

I recently was asked By Queen Margaret University to volunteer to cconduct a tour of East Lothian for alumni. I don't know what I was expecting,but I wasn't expecting to be the youngest in the party instead of the oldest, as usual. Imagine my surprise when I discovered they were all elderly ladies who had all attended The School of Domestic Science (the Do School) in Atholl Crescent. We had a lovely buffet lunch, well you would expect nothing less in such a place ,a glass or two of wine and I was in the company of three charming young students.

Wow! We have topped 10,000 visits in less than a year. Thanks to the lovely Jackie and all of you who have looked me up :-))

Bet you're impressed eh? A lovely second day was had with my French friends on the trip to St Andrews. I suggested the coastal route through the East Neuk (corner) of Fife and we enjoyed this beautiful part of this beautiful country to the strains of the Red Hot Chiili PIPERS and Ally Bain and Phil Cunningham. Everybody, kids and teachers, wanted to have fish and chips for lunch and there is only one place to get them in this part of Fife, The Anstruther Fish and Chip Bar.

I spent yesterday morning on a coach in the company of 45, 14 year old French students and their teachers.