October 2004 The sky was so blue and clear, the air so fresh and the smells on the ground so different from those that I was used to around our village! Even the grouse droppings smelled so much better than the droppings from the birds at home, just like a fine dessert at the Noble prize dinner in Stockholm! Not that I have been to the Noble prize festivity but I can imagine that grouse droppings would make a fine dessert, at least if we dogs had something to say about the menu…