Jon and Kirsteen, and Jessica’s 30th

                                            My niece Jessica's 30th birthday party in Aberdeen

                                 my nephew Jon and his wife Kirsteen with whom we stayed the night before the party, having got train with bikes through from Inverness

 

Culzean and Burns Cottage

 Days 2  and 3 of our bike trip tour to Culzean Castle and Burns Cottage and museum in Alloway outside Ayr

                                                   Tae a Mouse

                                    Robbie Burns' birthplace

                                             Culzean Castle with Eisenhour suite on top floor         

                                               Tam O'Shanter

Visit to Borwicks, Blair Estate , Dalry

The start of our bike trip to SW Scotland.  Trains Inverness to Dalry with bikes 

                                            Caroline and Luke Borwick with Mary

                                              Blair House which used to belong to Luke's family

                                       The Coach House which the Borwicks retained and in which Caroline ( vice President of NTS )and Luke now live

The Beauly Firth Swim

This was an Aban organised event, Johannes in charge, with about 260 people, including Mary, swimming across the Beauly Firth and back again. 

Remodeling of No. 5 Balnafettack Place, Inverness

 Architect David Somerville and builder Graham Stuart of Kinellan Builders doing a great job .

The Highland Cross Duathlon

 A volunteering day for Aban, Johannes's charity to assist in the annual Highland Cross charity event duathlon from the west coast of Scotland to the east.  Aban received a brand new mini van in consequence of him organising a team of 20 volunteers for a 12 hour day.

                                        Our job was to unload 500 or personalised bikes from these trucks and position them on these racks by numbers complete with yellow bibs and each competitors individual kit bag in readiness for their arrival after a 20 or so mile run through Glen Affric. Colossal job.

Bike tour - Camino del Norte - Bilbao to Santiago de Compastello

 See https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/25129

Belhaven Hill

A visit back to my old Alma Mater in Dunbar, East Lothian - 1960 to 1964

                                                 Olly Langton - headmaster .

                                               Caroline - my cousin Christian's daughter and two of her 4 children
  

End of season 2022/23

 Sept 20,2023

We had delightful visits again from Harry for 10 days in February and from Martha S in March . And fabulous conditions right up to closing in mid April.