A wee bonus on the North Berwick to Edinburgh train this morning.

Seems to have lost his white beard and red coat. This must be his summer outfit for a very unseasonal appearance!

Summer football!!

Almost as surprising as the Scotland performance tonight was the BBC panel. A refreshing change from the usual suspects and some brilliant analysis. Rachel Corsie was excellent and it was great to hear Joe Hart speak so passionately about goalkeeping

Nice day out although the sun was a bit of a stranger

And 10 days later ScotRail can't run anything in East Lothian after 0900. Time for new management, a slicker recruitment process and for the #SNP to stop changing transport ministers every few months. The only net zero goal they hit is the number of daytime trains running today.

Excellent day out Musselburgh Racecourse with the besties thanks to Racing TV club day. Fantastic crowd for a Tuesday and Emily enjoyed her first visit to the races

Three times the guard on my London North Eastern Railway service announced the train was going to Edinburgh before we left Newcastle yet some idiots heading to York have managed to get on the wrong train. Now calling additionally at Alnmouth so they can get off.

Made it to Perth races with the unexpected bonus of sunshine. Nice to hear Alex Fussey calling them home today.

Oh dear!

Too nice a day to be sitting indoors so a belated first visit of the season to Milfield as Haddington Athletic take on Hill of Beath Hawthorn FC

Taking advantage of the mild Halloween weather for a first visit to Newcastle Racecourse

A visit to sunny dunny today as Dunbar United FC take on Haddington Athletic. 2-0 to the hosts at half time and it probably should have been more. Big improvement needed if the visitors are going to get anything from this game.

Not the sporting start to the year I was hoping for but you can't control the weather.

Just in case Network Rail Scotland and ScotRail are not aware, there is a section of platform fencing demolished by the storm at Prestonpans. Not impacting the track however.

Unexpected hazard in the rough here. A new way to claim relief if your golf ball strikes the obstacle.

First proper visit to Dumfries today taking advantage of the ScotRail Club 50 offer. An excellent game at Palmerston Park in the spring sunshine.

Another new ground today with a crunch relegation battle at the bottom of the Lowland League as Gala Fairydean Rovers look to take 3 points against Broomhill Football Club

A beautiful afternoon spent Kelso Racecourse yesterday. Some close finishes and the Scottish Borders look at their best at this time of year.

A lovely day out yesterday at the Royal Highland Show where the heatwave never happened. Godchildren kept me busy although my arms haven't recovered yet!