Alice's Days Out

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	Alice Knox, from Renfrew, is an eminent photojournalist whose skill at catching folk unawares is legendary. Among her great achievements is making Angus Johnston look slim, making Matt Johnston and Bill Ham look like photographers, and making everyone welcome at Oxford Road.
Midi files sequenced by Barry Taylor
Bill Ham, who'll do (almost) anything for a decent snap, perches on a tree overhanging the cold waters of Loch Voil. Matt Johnston, fastidious as ever in his use of the tripod, catches the moment.
	"Mind your step, there, aul' fella," says Angus Johnston in his endearingly helpful way to Bill.
The little fishing village of St Abbs, splendid in spring sunshine.
	"These trousers seem to shrink with the water. This is particularly noticeable as the years go by," says Jackanory Jake Morrison.
Jackanory Jake, and daughter Zoe take the plunge into the icy depths at St Abbs.
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	Matt, Angus and Bill Hamming it up at Loch Lubnaig.
Nancy Pollock, Jean Blair and Alex Burgess join the usual suspects in a relaxing seat in the town square, Kelso.
	Angus's wee orange biler is conspicuous, as he prepares the cordon bleu cuisine for a shivering Betty Breingan and Alice Knox at Inversnaid Pier, Loch Lomond.
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Gorgeous walk through the stunning Acahmore Garden in Gigha in May. A garden not to be missed.
	Betty Breingan, another who'll do anything for a decent snap, eyeballs the daffodils in Gigha. Freddie B looks on aghast: flowers are for cultivating, not photographing. . . . and there's the result!
	Deer in the deer park, my dears.
This poseur was found poseuring in the gardens of Falkland Palace. He claimed that he was the architect when the palace was built. He was telling fibs, though, because he's not as old as some of the folk who were there that day.
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"Walk this way, lads," says Angus to Douglas Ronald, David Laurence and Bill Ham in the gardens of Mount Stuart, Bute. "Look," quo' he. "Everyone's out of step but me!"