More ‘days here and there’!

 Train Inverness to Aviemore and a gorgeous bike ride up to Rothiemurcus and along the back road to Nethybridge and Grantown-on-Spey.

                  Our bike trip on the back road from Rothiemurcus from to Grantown temporarily suspended

                       Old Belhaven pal Keith and his sister Sandra at her house outside Grantown

Lunch with old Belhaven pal Keith Chalmers Watson and his sister Sandra who lives up there. Then a hard ride against a stiff wind to Carrbridge from where we caught the train back to Inverness  and a ride up the hill to Balnafettack.

Days here and there! London

 A trip to the big city started badly with a canceled (at last minute) Easyjet flight to Gatwick . Otherwise big success with a stunning performance of Guys and Dolls and a happy lunch with Harry and David Jackson the next day.

Evening with Jonny Wotherspoon

 Jonny, an old pal of mine from Edinburgh legal ( and squash ) days and his wife Alice invited us out to their house Kintarlity close to the river Beauly 11 miles out of Inverness. A lovely dinner was preceded by a canoe trip on the River for the 3 of us. Spectacular.

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.