Nicky has found another job, closer to her hovel, and now works in the Keystore in Glenluce selling lottery tickets, cigarettes and cheap cider.
Laurie is a chocolatier and lives in Glasgow.
Katie has finished medical school and is working as a doctor in Falkirk hospital.
Flo is charming her way through Edinburgh University.
Eliot continues to do an excellent job of programming the Wigtown Book Festival, which grows year on year.
Jessie from The Picture Shop sadly died a few days after the end of the diary.
I have only seen Mr Deacon once since he told me about his Alzheimer’s. He had undergone a significant decline, and clearly didn’t recognise me.
Anna and I have gone our separate ways, but remain good friends.
The shop is still open.
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