Martha Wainwright @ Celtic Connections in Glasgow

Me and Gill arrive at The Old Fruitmarket for the Martha Wainwright gig. I've been jumping up and down with excitement all day but I think I'm looking quite self composed here - I wasn't really :-)

Even the ticket was getting me excited!

Support act Teddy Thompson was good and had very long shiny shoes on - but I just wanted to see Martha.

The Old Fruitmarket was packed out and the crowd were getting excited.

Tops of folks' heads are always fascinating to me!

At last! Martha appears. All by herself, very brave. And she was amazing - not been this excited by anyone in a long time.

And she's a Celtic fan - great!

Yes I know I've already put this pic on but it's a happy smiley photie and that's how we were feeling at the end of it. A brilliant night!

Au revoir a le peugeot vivant!

So that's it, I've said cheerio to my car. Here it is awaiting its operation - that's all supposing a transplant becomes available. So how much do you reckon I got for it in the end? I mean this is a car with only 80,000 miles on the clock - not too bad.

We've been through so much together me and this car (no, it doesn't have a sex or a name - I'm not that sad!). If you look carefully you can see the bullet wound from when we were shot at by a airgun wielding nutter in Milton in Glasgow.

How much were all the scrapes we've been through together worth? (This one, a friend said 'park at the side of my house' and I did! It was narrow, there were bushes and sadly for me the bushes were covering a low wall!!)

Yes, indeed, twenty quid was all I got for my poor wee car. Was I ripped off? Probably but seeing as I can't fix engines, timing belts, or any of the numerous other things that was wrong with it, what could I do? At least I've got a deposit for my next car now :-)

Supersleuth McLaughlin's surreptitiously taken recordings of today's events in the Scottish Parliament!

There were little gatherings everywhere - Andy Kerr and Jackie Baillie didn't look too happy!

Ooh I wonder what SNP MSPs Joe Fitzpatrick and Aileen Campbell are talking about ... actually I don't seeing as I was sitting next to them!























When you're doing your undercover photography, sometimes you get photos like this!

Everywhere you look there are TV cameras, lights & action!

Hey Patrick! Keep chatting to these guys and maybe you'll get some more headlines!

It worked! Wee Pat got on the telly!

Former First Minister Jack McConnell reckons if Patrick Harvie can do it, he might just have a chance too!

Who ARE these shady looking characters?

John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and man in charge of the budget, spotted chatting to the BBC's Brian Taylor.

Patrick finds someone to talk to.

The day winds down and one government minister finally gets a cup of coffee.

Heading home at last!

The view from my office as night falls on the Scottish Parliament and all but a few stragglers have gone home.

What kind of gin? the barman asked. Bob then had to explain there was no such make as "I don't know just get me one" gin!

Finally! A well earned gin & tonic!