Quote Originally Posted by O'Neille
O.K. I've heard that a lot of people who were coming have since found they had other engagements. Who is coming!? Or, should we allow Hamish to spend the day with his hosts. O'Neille
Under the circumstances, O'Neille, and considering the distance you and Phil would have to travel, it might be best (although regrettable) to forget the whole thing.

My original hope was purely to have an opportunity to join in with an already existing Kilts Night in the area but, it seems, such things do not happen in Palm Springs! There is absolutely no way that I can get something special organised from here nor, I believe, should I have to. My hosts in Palm Springs do not frequent bars (so they tell me but I believe them) and so they do not know any one from any other, and would be unable to recommend a suitable meeting place for even a small 'rabble'.

Unlike my previous trips to North America, this one is not kilt-related and is planned as a 'chilling-out-beside-the-pool-every-day' sort of holiday (vacation) - which I SO need! Our hosts have planned, or are planning, a few outings in the immediate area I believe, so maybe I should ask them to resurrect their plans for the 14th October which, I was informed, they need to book well in advance.

I am sorry but, from my lifetime experience of these small islands of Great Britain I just did not, nor do I still really, appreciate the massive distances between centres of civilisation over there. Nor was I aware that there appear to be no kilts in Palm Springs!!!

My thoughts therefore are that, in the words of the classic song, "Let's call the whole thing off!" Then we all know where we are.