The Strange Affair......

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 The children's book is away to the printer!  Got the PDF off this morning -- now I must work on setting up the launch and signing sessions, in time for the book to be delivered around 10th Nov.  Marketing this one will be a bit of a novelty for me -- an educational /schools market that I am not familiar with.  But always up for a challenge.....

Up the mountain today with Martin, Callum and Finley.  Bright and dry, but a bitterly cold wind.  Felt more like a midwinter walk than an autumnal one.  But it was great -- we sat behind a rock on the lee side of one of the summits, with the late afternoon sun on us.  Shared the mountain on this occasion with 6 other human beings and one raven. 

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