In March 2020, when social distancing was, brought into operation, a pensioner in a Scottish village began to write a daily blog on social media for family and friends. Sandy's wry and amusing descriptions of his day-to-day life quickly caught the imagination of readers worldwide, and became compulsive reading for more than 1600 followers.
Sandy's diaries are, filled with gentle humor and sharp observation. Here you will meet Sandy and his wife M, along with the rest of their family, and read about their interactions with each other, with friends and neighbors and with random people. There are encounters with birds and animals, airlines and insurance companies, some of it friendly, some less so, but always light hearted and thoroughly entertaining.
As the diaries start, Sandy charts his daily activities, such as shopping and housework, and laments the downturn in his social life as events are, cancelled. As the story progresses and lockdown becomes a reality we learn that M is isolated at home with Sandy and the interactions between her industrious nature and his relaxed outlook lead to some entertaining situations. Painting and decorating, gardening, DIY, all lend themselves to Sandy's sense of fun.
And, as we progress through the diaries, past the milestones of twenty, fifty, one hundred days, we meet more characters including El Gato the stray cat, Angry Dog and Percy the persistent crow. There are encounters with the Hoover from Hell, the garden shed of doom and the dreaded Times Crossword. All punctuated with regular supplies of scones from the Lovely Italian Neighbor.
There are 101 of these daily diaries, and every one of them will make you smile.
