Wick – Double Diamonds: Week 8, 22 June

I’m really struggling to find something to write about this week, for, as usual, not much has been happening. Last Monday was a Bank Holiday in Scotland, which left those of us who don’t follow the news scratching our heads as to why the shops were shut. The holiday was to celebrate Scotland’s win in their first match in the World Cup. They haven’t competed in the Cup for 28 years, so it was a big thing. I have not been following the competition. The summer’s sports coverage is underway now – tennis at Queens is on at the moment, quickly followed by Wimbledon. While the World Cup is avoidable, with most of the games taking place several time zones away, Wimbledon is harder to avoid, as both main BBC channels cover it. Grasses in the wind There is, of course, always knitting and talking books instead. Related to this, I returned to the museum last week after a hiatus of a few months to chart ganseys. It had got to a point where my files and database were in such disarray that I didn’t…