I don’t know why it has taken me so long to introduce the subject of Poppy, our brown Burmese cat. Those who talk to me on the phone will be familiar with the sound of her voice because she is the family member who has been most upset by the move to Scotland. We think it may be because this house was formerly DOG territory.
And why is she better now? Could it be because, instead of putting her into the posh kennels at Scone Palace after Christmas, we took her with us first to Belfast and then to Donegal. Maybe she was so glad to get home after all that …