As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens & Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon all at 44 Scotland Street is not cake & sunshine Newlywed Angus Lordie has been booked by his bride into what he must not call the loony bin; Bruce's first encounter with hot wax brings more anguish than he bargained for; & Bertie's birthday dreams of scout camp & a penknife look set to be replaced by a game of Royal Weddings & a gender-neutral doll But fate an amorous Bedouin & the Dubai Tourist Authority conspire to transport Bertie's mother Irene to a warmer
- if not a better
- place & once again in Scotland Street the triumph of human kindness over adversity gives cause for celebration