In less than two weeks, Scotland's voters will go to the polls in one of the most significant elections of recent years.
Its only the third Scottish parliamentary election since the Holyrood body was created in 1999 - but its outcome will have repercussions not just for Scotland, but also for England and not least for Gordon Brown - hoping soon to become Britain's first Scottish prime minister since Ramsay MacDonald (although, technically, Tony Blair could be described as Scottish too).
A disastrous poll showing in the chancellor's backyard could be just the thing to lure an "anyone-but-Gordon" candidate into the Labour leadership battle.
I'll be setting out by bike, train and car across Scotland to visit the key battlegrounds.
Each morning I'll write a short blog post highlighting the big campaign issues of the day, what the Scottish papers are saying, and hopefully highlighting a few gaffes and rows.
It's a contest which could - at this point - see anything from an SNP victory (the nationalists are promising a referendum on independence - but only in 2010) to an SNP-Liberal Democrat coalition, or even a yellow-yellow-green coalition (SNP, Lib Dem and Green). It could also see Labour hang on for some form of minority rule if no one wants to do a deal with Alex Salmond.
More wildly, could Annabel Goldie's plucky bunch of Scottish Tories ever be called in for coalition talks?
I look forward to you joining me for the ride...
