Ian R. Stewart Family Blog
Thursday 18 March 2010
Ready to go
All checked in and ready to go now. Just the small matter of a day's work at Fraserburgh and an early rise tomorrow morning.
Monday 15 March 2010
Beware beware
Monday 15th March - the Ides of March! Spooky week - Vernal Equinox and BA strikes - hope we get lucky. The BA site is still saying that the strikes start on Saturday 20th, but when I clicked one of the links for our flights on Friday, it said both were "subject to possible disruption" - what's going on?
We had our initial meeting with the golf club committee tonight concerning the possible building of 2 squash courts at the golf club - funded entirely by Richard Simcox. I'm not sure how I felt it went - I was hoping to be a bit more positive, but I feel a bit subdued by the whole experience. Let's hope that we at least get to the next hurdle.
We had our initial meeting with the golf club committee tonight concerning the possible building of 2 squash courts at the golf club - funded entirely by Richard Simcox. I'm not sure how I felt it went - I was hoping to be a bit more positive, but I feel a bit subdued by the whole experience. Let's hope that we at least get to the next hurdle.
Sunday 14 March 2010
Sunday morning posting part 2
As I was saying before I was interrupted - our walk up the path towards Ben Vrackie was good exercise for DJ, but hard work for Dawn, who's still recovering from her last knee op - and waiting for the other one to be done - so we didn't walk too far up the hill: 
Today it's been really nice to get on the golf course again. I was back sharp to look after Luca. He's been as good as gold again - happy to play with his toys, or watch Peppa Pig, or even go out for a walk with his Grandad. We went to Burnett Park and walked round toward the curling pond, which still has the faintest hint of ice on top of the pool: 
We walked on from there, round the tennis courts and back along the old Deeside railway line, where we bumped in to the McWhinnies out for a stroll. Luca was still full of beans and delighted in running up and down the line:
Today it's been really nice to get on the golf course again. I was back sharp to look after Luca. He's been as good as gold again - happy to play with his toys, or watch Peppa Pig, or even go out for a walk with his Grandad. We went to Burnett Park and walked round toward the curling pond, which still has the faintest hint of ice on top of the pool: 
We walked on from there, round the tennis courts and back along the old Deeside railway line, where we bumped in to the McWhinnies out for a stroll. Luca was still full of beans and delighted in running up and down the line:Harbingers of spring (2)
First of all the golf course is open again this morning - hurray! I came back from lunch with Dawn and Barry in Pitlochry yesterday and could tell things were improving - the broomstick was on the move:
Jo wasn't home yet from her lunch with her former colleagues so I nipped down to the Douglas to watch the Calcutta Cup match, and when I returned, the brush was gone! We had Luca overnight on Friday and he awoke gently with his usual greeting - "I had a nice sleep, Granda, did you?" Gary came round and picked him up and took Jo in to Aberdeen for her lunch and I headed off west over the ski slopes to Pitlochry to meet up with Barry and Dawn at the Moulin Inn (http://www.moulinhotel.co.uk/index.htm) for lunch. Jo was miffed as she felt she was missing out on a lunch! For her benefit, I had mince and tatties, Jordon had haggis, neeps and tatties, Helen had lamb shank, Dawn had steak and ale pie and Barry had the house speciality Vrackie grostel - named after the local hill. Here's some of the food:
It's a super place - very welcoming - and we had the pick of the seats as I was first in - next to the fire and the window, with the sun streaming in - we almost could have sat outside. After lunch we went for a short walk up the hill towards Ben Vrackie. It was a chance to give DJ some exercise - she started off all white and fluffy, but she was soon two tone - black underneath and white on top. She loved it:
Whilst uploading all this, Kelly's just come on Skype to wish Jo happy mother's day, and now I have to head off to golf - I've got to be back by 1:30 pm latest as I'm babysitting Luca this afternoon - Gary's taking Carole and Jo to the movies. I'll finish this posting off later - look out for instalment 2.
Jo wasn't home yet from her lunch with her former colleagues so I nipped down to the Douglas to watch the Calcutta Cup match, and when I returned, the brush was gone! We had Luca overnight on Friday and he awoke gently with his usual greeting - "I had a nice sleep, Granda, did you?" Gary came round and picked him up and took Jo in to Aberdeen for her lunch and I headed off west over the ski slopes to Pitlochry to meet up with Barry and Dawn at the Moulin Inn (http://www.moulinhotel.co.uk/index.htm) for lunch. Jo was miffed as she felt she was missing out on a lunch! For her benefit, I had mince and tatties, Jordon had haggis, neeps and tatties, Helen had lamb shank, Dawn had steak and ale pie and Barry had the house speciality Vrackie grostel - named after the local hill. Here's some of the food:
It's a super place - very welcoming - and we had the pick of the seats as I was first in - next to the fire and the window, with the sun streaming in - we almost could have sat outside. After lunch we went for a short walk up the hill towards Ben Vrackie. It was a chance to give DJ some exercise - she started off all white and fluffy, but she was soon two tone - black underneath and white on top. She loved it:
Whilst uploading all this, Kelly's just come on Skype to wish Jo happy mother's day, and now I have to head off to golf - I've got to be back by 1:30 pm latest as I'm babysitting Luca this afternoon - Gary's taking Carole and Jo to the movies. I'll finish this posting off later - look out for instalment 2.
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