SOMETHING quite strange happened to me over the weekend which has since left me very much in a state of golden sunshine happiness, despite the Arctic conditions we've been subjected to over the last few days.

 

And don't even get me started on the scar do I've been sporting on my napper as a result.

No despite the weather I have found myself walking on air, giggling uncontrollably at the slightest little thing and making the most peculiar little noises while smiling and waving at everyone I meet.

You see I decided to watch Outlander, the new smash hit TV show based on the historical time travel series of novels by Diana Gabaldon.

I'd been out for drinks with some friends last Thursday who, for four hours solid, spoke of the new show they'd watched online and how I absolutely must binge watch all eight episodes this weekend or they simply couldn't communicate with me any further.

This was due to the fact that Outlander was now their sole purpose for living and how we were organising a girls weekend away to Inverness ASAP.

I was genuinely quite taken aback if I was to be honest as I'd never seen my friends in such a heighten state of hysteria, speaking at a pitch only dogs could hear while googling 18th century Scottish history in the pub.

I had been aware of the books as I'd had the pleasure of interviewing the lovely Diana Gabaldon twice on STV's The Hour.

I've often been asked who was my favourite person to interview during those four years and it's always hard to pick one as we had so many fantastic guests from John Cleese to Brian May and even a young Ed Sheeran, but Diana was genuinely a stand out for me.

I couldn't believe this lovely charming women from Arizona who had never been to Scotland had decided back in the late 1980's to write a historical/romance/science fiction/fantasty novel which jumps between the end of the Second World War back to the late 1700's in the Highlands.

And it was all because of a very old episode of Doctor Who she seen repeated on public Television in

America at the time.

Apart from Jane Austen's Mr Darcy, brought breathtakingly to life by my future husband Colin Firth, I've never been one of those girls who gets madly obsessed over fictional characters in books or a TV series.

I mean the whole 50 shades of nonsense completely bypassed me thankfully but little did I know my world was about to be turned upside down highland warrior style as I sat down to watch the new drama everyone was talking about.

Let's get this out of the way first, actor Sam Heughan who plays Jamie Fraser is the closest thing I've ever seen to utter perfection in a man, sorry Colin Firth you're dumped.

And eight hours of big rugged Scottish men running about the highlands bare chested in kilts fighting the English army while lassies swoon and faint all around them is just too much for this women to take.

I mean, I genuinely thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

It's impossible for me to explain any further how imperative it is that you watch this show without sounding like a madwoman who needs professional help and intervention but trust me you do.

Caitriona Balfe is stunning as Claire Beauchamp and proves a truly wonderful actress but you'll be hard pushed to see past the God like Jamie and the other men in this show.

In fact once you've seen it you'll be hard pushed to ever look at another man again unless he's speaking to you in Gaelic while riding a horse and flashing those big manly pins under that kilt.

Right I'm away for a lie down.

You can catch Outlander online at Amazon Prime now.

Happy Easter to you this weekend and I hope you all have the most wonderful time with family and friends.

For those of you who successfully managed to keep your lent I commend you, I as usual, failed miserably at mine but hey no surprises there then.

Fingers crossed the weather picks up and we can have at least a few hours without gale force wind and rain while chomping through our third Easter Egg of the morning.