Despatch Five

The story so far:
Tatiana is employed by a Oleg, a Russian oligarch exiled at sea on his yacht the Flying Dutchman (Letushchy Golandets, Letgo for short). Her job is to brief him on all aspects of British life pending his arrival in London. Oleg and his wife Natalya (Natasha) have a son Nicholas (Kolya)who is down for Eton. Tatiana has a bodyguard Alexander (Sasha) with whom she recently had to flee to a safe house in a remote part of Scotland. Due to difficulties with the bank, which has frozen Oleg’s account, Tatiana has had to let the basement of her house in London and Sasha has got a job as a roadie until Christmas with a touring theatre company...

Dear Olly

From Her Safe House in Scotland

Dear Olly, Well, I can report a great success. Sasha bagged one of the wild sheep which roam these hills, and a tasty red squirrel! So we will not starve. It is much wetter and cooler up here compared to London. We are on more or less the same line of latitude as Kolomna. The great new buzz up here concerns windfarms and renewable energy. The Scots have long begrudged the exploitation in the last century of their North Sea gas and oil fields by British companies. Now there is talk of making Scotland into the Saudi Arabia of the northern hemisphere. Most of the wind in Europe is found up here, apparently. Would you like me to make further inquiries? Mmm That squirrel smells delicious. Sasha is grilling it over the fire.

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