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Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent.

January 13th: Watched The Wicker Man: Superb piece of cinema that I related to after spending 8 miserable years stranded in the Highlands of Scotland and visiting my then mother-in-law on a tiny island in the Outer Hebrides. I had to spend more time than I would of liked on a sparse island named Uist, where the only shop of note was a mini Co-op supermarket. Regular readers will know that I could never be described as a capitalist, but there is no doubt that this island would benefit from a sprinkling of small scale commercial investment. 

Closed minded, hostile communities such as the one depicted in this film, do exist. Having experienced such hostility to outsiders, I watched this film with an alarming degree of recognition and sympathy for Sgt. Neil Howie (played by Edward Woodward). 

If ever, we are allowed to travel again and you are trying to decide which part of the world to visit, I suggest watching this film and keeping as far away from the Scottish Highlands and Islands as possible. 

1* Please note that my opinions on this part of the world were formed after an unhappy marriage and that you may feel differently, but really there is fuck all there so unless you like grass and birds then stay on the mainland and embrace different cultures. 

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The Wicker Man panel from my scratch poster: