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Widdershins
On Saturday we continued on our mini project of walking the Loch Leven Heritage trail one metre at a time, this hejira was from Vane Farm to East Brackley viewpoint and pavilion. Along this whole route there are many benches, most carved with local lore set in rhyme. One of my favourites, which I am…
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Levening
We broke the rules yesterday and walked along a new (to us) section of the Loch Leven path. So now I am busy looking at maps and local history websites to find the stories behind the places we saw. We walked from Loch Leven’s Larder (café is fine, staff lovely, but the retail side…
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Aloha
Yesterday we finally found the new RSPB site near Alloa. We were very careful, it’s clearly a work in progress, which would explain why there is precious little signage. The winter afternoon colours were gorgeous and from the site we could see landmarks of east Central Scotland: Alloa spires, Clackmannan Tower, Longannet chimney, the…
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Chasing sunlight
Out for a hill climb yesterday, arrangements have been somewhat fluid, to say the least, of late, but we made the most of a beautifully clear day to ascend Vane Hill and sup coffee thereon. At a conservative estimate it was blowing in gusts of 40 mph at the top, my drink went from boiling…
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Seeing the wood
We found some quietude yesterday by heading for the busiest part, Edinburgh’s Christmas markets etc have been super busy due to the reasonably fair weather, security staff are ensuring that only a limited amount of folk gain access. However, as Paul had appointments booked with his groom squad, we went in anyway. Upstairs at…
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Rallentando
And so to the diminuendo of the year, not gainsaying the big hoorah of Christmas but the main reason for a yuletide blowout is as an antidote to the nigh full-on crepuscular turn of events. when raising the blinds for a mere 7 hours hardly seems worth it. It was with this frankly negative attitude…
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AAT 1
The inaugural AAT was held on Sunday, I am not putting the full description here because it will just draw traffic from search bots. Suffice to say, it was won handsomely by Emily Sanderson, with a gallant runner up in Julia Sanderson. Diana, Caroline and Nigel took the Mary & Paul rôles (harsh but fair,…
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Fundraiser
Pictures from my friend Jill Blair’s fundraiser in aid of Dravet Syndrome Foundation. Well in excess of £1,500 was raised, a phenomenal result, and in addition, awareness of this condition and its impact on children and their families.
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Folly bergère
Saturday saw us at a chum’s fundraiser in aid of Dravet’s Syndrome care, and hugely successful it was too. Jill worked wonders in rallying prizes and gifts, sadly my henna tattoo is fading fast. She raised over £1500 and it was well worth a day’s baking. Paul & I were able to skip up the…
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Serendippity doo dah
I suspect many people went out for a walk this weekend just to reassure themselves about many things. I know we did. The path from Vane Farm to Ballingry is short but intense. Tackled as it was in thick cloud, we didn’t expect to see much from the top at all but we could view…