Five weeks ago....

... I decided, at the age of 55, MOH and I needed a hobby we could enjoy together. Now, you would think that I would choose something that we had tried before and enjoyed. But no, I don't do things by half and opted for something totally alien to us.

Neither of us can read music and although I've always had a notion to learn to play the fiddle, MOH has never had such an inkling.

Callander has a fairly new brass band and this is where our new interests lie. Roger, our new music teacher, arrived at the house three weeks ago with our chosen the instruments chosen for us - cornets.

No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get a note out of mine while MOH has thrown himself wholeheartedly into the new venture and has left me standing in his wake.

The upshot is Roger arrived again last week with an alternative for me and I am now learning to play the Baritone Horn.

Watch this space