Where did it all go wrong?

What do you know, I was right.

A little chat with the editor yesterday afternoon revealed that there will be no increase in the Groanin' Jock wage packet this month.

The reason? The company directors have all been on holiday this month and didn't approve the recommended rise in time.

I have been promised a back-dated rise in next month's pay, but I won't be expecting much.

To add insult to injury, the weather in Argyll at the moment is horrendous, gale force winds forcing the torrential rain directly into your face.

And Mrs Wife is ill, just as we were readying ourselves for a weekend of drunken debauchery in Glasgow.

I need a holiday!