Fibreglass lions.

 

It poured last night. I mean it really poured. One side of the house was pummeled by wind and rain coming from the sea, another by wind and rain coming from the mountains. We fell asleep to the sound of a stereophonic gale.

It's dry, or at least drier, this morning. The filming of Borges and Me almost over. Alan Cumming is spotted on the street by the castle. We think it unlikely that he is usually up and about this early . This is the second actor we've literally bumped into this year. Standing outside our hotel in DC Martin Sheen rushed out of the front door and into us.

The college golfers are playing the Old Course. The presence of television cameras bring out the local 'characters' who dress as if they're on the set of  Brigadoon.  We watch a tall gentleman in a kilt and a tartan bonnet with a wee red bauble on top position himself on the 18th hole in a spot where the cameras can't miss him.

A beagle on her morning walk turns on her back and dozes on the sacred turf. The beagles owner knows better than walk on the green to retrieve her. Students and dogs ensure St Andrews will never become entirely self satisfiedly smug. 

Down on the sand a group of horses and a small crowd of extras have gathered . Local dog walkers detour around them. Some dogs are intent on seeing what's going on and are chased to prevent them appearing, unexpectedly and prominently, in the scene.

The fibreglass lions put up by the film company are still in place behind the exam halls. They look rather grand.

Life in India :https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/life-in-india-is-a-series-of-bilateral

Music gives us the strength to carry on. A short movie premiered in London tonight :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3GGx-B1lvw

These youngsters are so lucid :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buIPHj7IQCo