When to the days ...

Whem I woke up this morning I noticed a strange blue mark on the back of my hand. Sort of abstract representation of a fish! Brief moment of panic before yesterday came back in a flash, for yesterday we had put up our Pictures and Poems stall in Ullapool, on the pier, for the Rotary Club's annual market. To go off the pier and come back without getting charged an entry fee one needed to be branded; just as, in the old days, you were similarly branded for leaving and re-entering a dance hall. ...