Lovely to be back in Scotland!

To be back in the far north peninsula of Scotland is a joy! Learning how Morag is doing and her little twin-otter plane and of course hearing about her grandfather too.

In this close-knit community we meet Gertie, she has always been a dreamer, daydreaming at school, dreaming about leaving and living a totally different live than her mother and grandmother who have always lived this far north. But she has never had the courage to pick up her live and move as she is, on the other hand, really enjoying the community too. As part of the Knitting Circle, she is always knitting in her spare time and has knitted so many items since she learned to knit.

When Morag needs a replacement to do the check-ins on the airport Gertie is being offered that job, with her gentle and friendly, but also firm, nature she is handling this great. She has always had a crush on Struan, now a local teacher by day and a musician by night, only a couple years older than Gertie, since they were in school together. Struan’s girlfriend Saskia has a more interesting career path in mind for him than being the local teacher, she sees a great musician in him, but is that really what he wants?

During a school outing in April, the month known to have very changeable weather, and this far up north it can even contain snow, everybody shows what this close-knit community is about! As this is a feelgood novel it has of course a feelgood ending. I can see room for more books about Morag, Gertie and the rest of the gang.

Narrated very well by Eilidh Beaton, she knows how to pronounce these Scottish names and she gives voice to the various characters very pleasantly. Being not familiar with Irn Bru, Jaffa cakes and Shortbread I want to fly over to Scotland and taste those all myself.