First blog since May, where has the time gone? Today my friend and I went to Rosehall, a small village in the Scottish highlands, 25 miles from Golspie, for a walk in the bright sunshine. Fantastic weather once the mist lifted. Alisdair drove us there in his MX-5. It only comes out of the garage when there is no chance of rain in the immediate vicinity. (It doesn't come out very often!). I'm pleased it came out today as it was very pleasant being driven around the twisty-turny single-track roads in the Highlands.
Our first walk was around Raven's Rock Gorge, a beautiful, steep-sided gorge with lush, green, mosses and ferns.
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On for coffee in the Invercassley Tea Rooms (the old post office, re-purposed as so many old post offices have been) then off on another walk in the hills, taking in the magnificent scenery. This donkey forgot to start Strava on the phone until we were halfway round. Doh! Then back to the tea rooms for some lunch - to replace the calories that had dropped out on the walk.
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On the way home traffic was pulled over by the police to allow some extra long wind turbines to pass. Wind farms are now a very common sight all over UK (on land and sea).
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My new, post-cataract, glasses have arrived. Reactolite rapide (photochromic) varifocals. Don't ask how much they cost! I was pleased to see them though. They were sent on a next-day guaranteed delivery basis but the Royal Mail on its web site said there was no guarantee while industrial action was ongoing. I'm very lucky to have got them before I go back to Spain as customs charges to receive them in Spain are exorbitant post-Brexit. (Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving!). |
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