Jack and I have just spent a glorious long weekend in beautiful Bute, Jack’s homeland off the west coast of Scotland.

I have no idea how many times I have visited Bute over the almost-40 years that Jack and I have been together but I could count on my fingers the number of times we have had dawn-to-dusk sunshine, superb visibility and summer-like temperatures for almost the entirety of the visit.

Taking advantage of the weather, on Friday morning we headed to th...