On a Roll
Set off to Western Plaguelands. First I went into the runined town to set light to four towers. The first tower had a level 57 elite inside but killed him anyway. Carried on blasting ghouls and was really rocking. Swigged an Elixir of the Mongoose and didn't look back. The next three level 57 elites all died in just under forty seconds each. I did pour everything into them: Bestial Wrath, arcane shots, multishot whenever the cooldowns were up. At the end of the fights Tiddles would need a bandage but Mae was ok: gave her a mana break before the fights and she didn't need one after.
Did the first of the cauldrons. While I waited for the cauldron lord to spawn I cleared everything else. Was running at 40000 XP/hr, the ghouls were low fifties and no challenge. When the cauldron lord appeared I dispatched him, took a sample from the cauldron and went for quest turnins. This didn't quite ding but discovering the next cauldron field and killing a mob there did and Mae was 57. 56 flew by.
Unfortunately the next field was occupied by mages AoEing so pretty much no chance of getting the next cauldron lord. Went on to Eastern Plaguelands but decided to park there the night.
No Dolly for Mae
Tried the quest to get three parts of a doll for a ghost girl. Picked up the first two parts but couldn't click on the third. After a while got annoyed and went back to Western Plaguelands. Here there appeared to be a pair of players attacking the cauldron. Not wanting competition I went back to Chillwind point and turned in two stacks of Minions Scourgestones. I then flew to Hopes Light Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands to buy more bullets and then on to collect termites. This again was a killing spree but as the monsters were further apart it wasn't as productive as the other killing sprees which may be why I didn't see anyone else there the whole time. I was only managing 15000 XP/hr which would take me nine hours to level.
My favourite monsters were the Mages: level 54 and very clothy, killed one in seven seconds. Pooky can't swing a two-hander twice in seven seconds. Most things fell quickly, even Stitched Horrors.
Got all the termites and used the ghost gryphon to go back to Darrowshire to try to get the damn doll. This time could only get two other parts of the doll. Had a shave (me not Mae) while waiting for parts to respawn but no joy. Abandoned the buggy quest in disgust.
Hunter Talents
Since getting the 41 point Beastmaster Talent, The Beast Within, I have been putting my points into the Marksman tree for extra ranged power. I've put five points in 5% more ranged crit (unbuffed crit is 12%, 15% with elixir of Mongoose) and I need six more points to get 'Aimed Shot' a nice powerful opening shot. To get to this talent I have had to choose between five points in 'Improved Hunters Mark' which increases Tiddles melee power to a mob under Hunters Mark or having more mana efficient Stings and Shots. I've ended up going for a compromise: share the five points between the two. I'm torn because mana efficiency is not a big problem at the moment and I don't always remember to put hunters mark on adds. I have tied hunters mark to pet attack with a macro so the initial Hunters Mark is automatic (damn good that macro). I can use the same macro during a fight to mark adds but it's something I usually overlook as I am busy fighting!
At level 70 I have the option of abandoning 'The Beast Within' 41 point talent and instead going 40/21/0 and getting the Scattershot from the Marksman tree. This is effectively a short range stun shot and sounds more useful than Beast Within. Beast Within makes Mae turn red, increases her dps by 10% and makes her immune to stuns. However, she rarely gets stunned, the 10% isn't a big deal and I don't really care what colour she is. Beast Within may be yet another PvP talent like all the others that are aimed at flag runners. 70 is a way off and it's just a respec or two to give scattershot a try. Don't worry: there's no chance of dropping the 'Beastial Wrath', I love my Big Red Kitty.
Todo List
Going out this evening and probably servers down tomorrow so little prospect of level 58 for a couple more days. I can finish off the cauldrons if I can get to them when they are not being farmed. There are odd chores to do in Eastern Plaguelands (freeing spirits and hitting the Undercroft) but I would really like to go to Silithus as it's the last area in Azeroth that is totally new to me (apart from lowbie horde areas). I have a feeling that one or two solid questing sessions in Silithus would pretty much see Mae through the Dark Portal.
Got more than enough cash for Mae's epic mount and could even buy the runecloth for a saber but far too mean to do that. Not sure what to do about the saber: still want one but don't want to work for it 
She's carrying enough runecloth and morrowgrain for about 600 more rep which still leaves about 15400 to go.
Hum, four or five more Arcanite Rod sales would buy the runecloth, fifteens days of transmuting arcanite, two weeks. Will she be sixty in two weeks? Unless I get an epic drop that gives Pooky a ranged weapon with 300 dps then YOU BETCHA.
UPDATE: may look into preserving focus so Dash is available more often. Not sure if it's a lack of focus or the 30 second cooldown but she isn't always dashing into fights.
Peter's Moblog
BTW, the scarlet crusade people in the castle south of the flight point at Eastern Plaguelands (Tyr's hand? I dunno) drop runecloth, I found out last night. :) Helpful if you find an Eastern Plaguelands quest that requires killing them. :D
Sithilus is more... insecty IIRC, so less Runecloth drops. I went there for a little bit to get to 58...