Jane’s and Anna’s birthdays

 

                                 Jane's 40th on the beach at Findhorn Bay

                                              Duncan and Johannes

          

Johannes, Jane , ? and Duncan                                                    The mobile sauna hired for the evening

                                         Anna's 7th birthday party

                                             Jane's 40th birthday party

Camping trip to Gairloch West Sands with Jane, Anna, Elin, Duncan, Oli, Maggie and M & G

 

                                             Oli taking the lead on a steepish pitch

                                                An ambitious expedition, but we did it without serious incident - just !

                                        M at the magnificent NTS Inverewe Gardens

                                     M with Duncan and Jane in between heavy rain showers

                                          Wet but cheerful - at this stage anyway

Inverness Park Run

 

                                            Granny Moon entering into the spirit of the weekly event

                                                    Duncan and Maggie likewise

                                               Johannes holding Elin with Maggie and Oli in front

                                                          Oli finishing strongly

                                         Granny Moon getting some much needed support from Maggie and Oli

                                    Completing a good morning by biking back down the canal towpath

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