Friday evening

Fairly nice evening, if a little cool. Did I mention a few days ago that they were burning the moor? Slightly unhealthy practice where they set fire to the heather on the moors, ostensibly for purposes of regeneration. I remember two years ago I walked in the area (south of Arnish) when the flames began to creep my way! Had to increase the pace to outwalk the fire. Fortunately, the wind was not strong that day. I have heard stories of people driving along roads through the moor, when the fire popped up on both sides of the road.

The problems with the PC continue; I was greeted with another dodgy anti-spyware screen three hours ago. Which came hard on the heels of getting the all-clear from the expert. Oh dear.

Kate Middleton is a young woman who sees Prince William. Speculation has been rife for several years as to future plans of the couple, and this has been seized upon by the tabloid media in this country as an excuse to dog her every step. I remember infamous video footage of Ms Middleton leaving her door, to be greeted by a 25-strong media scrum. She had to barge her way through the melee to her car, and she was far from happy. As a result, a complaint was lodged with the Press Complaints Commission. The paper who published a picture of Ms Middleton, the Daily Mirror, has now apologised. Memories resurface of Princess Diana, who died in Paris as her car sped away from journalists. I have no time at all for this sort of journalism. The other day, I happened to browse a copy of another tabloid, which would best serve purpose as firelighter. And that's me being polite.