More Roamerisms from the early 1990s
•The Belford Hospital’s ‘Surgical Ward PCA Infusion Pump Appeal RaThe’ – phew, I’m glad I’ve got that one out – was a huge success. And the prizes must have brought smiles to the faces of a couple of local pets. Because the winner of dinner for two was Ben, who happens to be an Acharacle sheepdog. Hopefully, however, Ben will be given a fine dog’s dinner while the MacKinnon family partake of the prizewinning meal. And Trevor won a bottle of Bell’s. Trevor, believe it or not, is a pet guinea pig in the Fort!
•McT’s chef Martin Calam was relaxing on the plane, delighted to be jetting away from the kitchens for a week. He would be attending, among other appointments, his school reunion in BeaconsTheld. Martin was flying from Inverness and was looking forward to a few days of ‘restful activity’, with none of the rushing about as per McTavish’s. At 35,000 feet Martin opened a copy of ‘Executive’, one of the in-flight magazines. Idly leafing through it, he reached page 30. And what did Martin find? An article on Lochaber Chamber of Commerce by its chairman, McT’s manager Raymond Hervo. ‘I couldn’t believe my eyes. Is there no getting away from it?’ Martin mused. He needed a stiff drink to get back down – metaphorically – to earth. Fortunately that didn’t present a problem. Martin had won a bottle of whisky in the Belford raThe!