Autumn visit

Photos from our visit this weekend.
JB & AM went ice climbing at Kinlochleven (inside) on Saturday, I watched. AA, CD and AB stayed inside in the dry and made bread and cake.

On Sunday a short walk was had around the policies when J,R&T arrived for half term holiday. I took photos at the only sunny time; the rest of the time it rained.

Ursula's photos from New Year

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Life indoors when it's cold outside

We (R&C&Andrew&me) spent New Year at the Wood, with a friendofparents (Ursula) who came on Sunday.

The weather had changed from cold/snowy to cold/wet/grey so there wasn't a lot of attraction to the great outdoors (except see previous post). R did a lot of log-chopping outside and C dragged some logs back from a fallen birch, but apart from that we mostly enjoyed the views from safely inside, in the lovely warm house.

I knitted, C did some obsessive-sudoku-marathon, Andrew did some Sudoku and some sleeping, C made bread, I read Bujold on my Kindle, Ursula turned up with not one but three Sunday papers and embroidered, we all ate too much (too many biscuits, cakes and chocolates left over from Christmas!) and then in the evening we lit the fire and talked.

Life indoors at New Year

New Year walk to Lochan an Staic

Andrew and I went on a late-afternoon (dark when we got home) amble up through the forest opposite the house to a nearby Lochan. There was still some icy snow on the track in places, and not many views (except of lots of trees) until we got to the Lochan, but that was frozen and pretty so it was worth the walk.

We also discovered a new bridge about half-way up (about the point where the track turns from due South to SW) which could be very useful for a future bike-ride along the south side of the glen.

Walk to Lochan an Staic