Sunday notes

Quite a reasonable day in the islands, with bright and at times sunny intervals. It's fairly mild today as well.

Had an email from an organisation called the Scottish Islands Federation (formerly Scottish Islands Network), which does what it says on the box: networking for the benefit of all Scottish islands. They've put out a questionnaire for anyone with an interest in islands across Scotland, whether active or passive, as to the future course of the new organisation. Its predecessor has a website, which will continue to be used by the SIF. It contains the questionnaire too.

I think that the world of football has taken another step down the ladder towards ignominy with the news last week that Chelsea manager José Mourinho took a dog in and out of the UK, allegedly without the requisite paperwork. In order to keep rabies at bay, dogs and cats (amongst others) taken into the UK need to be put into quarantine for 6 months. If they have been tagged and immunised, this requirement is waived. Mr Mourinho decided that his dog didn't need all that palaver, but the police disagreed. They came to impound the dog - which ran off. It has now been deported to Portugal.

Tags: mourinho, dogs, rabies, scottish, islands, network, federation