Sunday, September 24, 2023

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.