I’m on a rant this time. As you may or may not be aware I do have a life beyond the walls of the test room. While I was on holiday I happened to find myself in a public house, (how I do not know), enjoying a foaming beer with my healthy lunch. At the...

Contact lenses have developed amazingly in the last 20 years. Unfortunately the human brain has sometimes not always kept up. Take a recent case: a gentleman who will remain nameless came to see me because one of his contact lenses was irritating him. I sat him in the chair and examined the eye with the...

You would not believe some of the things we get asked in the test room. My favourite story went like this: “don’t you think Pudsey bear sends out a terrible message to people, especially children, with eye problems?” I responded with a quizzical look “how is that then?” “Well, he has had a patch over...

Over the last couple of weeks I have seen lots of kids in the test room, here in Inverurie.  I like testing kids. They are great fun and very very forthright. Don’t for goodness sake eat anything remotely garlicky/oniony for lunch or they will let you know. I remember a group of primary ones came...