Hello again

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

Well here I am, on the eve of my trip south to the Lake District for our walking weekend, exactly a year after our little WHW adventure, and still I don't know how I'm getting there or back. I had originally  planned to drive down tomorrow afternoon and take Colin Kilgour with me - and I would then have company and we could also share the driving. The others - Dave Williamson, Ken Black and Ian Sharp - have all made their arrangements and none of them are really convenient - although I could conceivably still go down with Dave and Ken, and then come back by train (and bus).

Colin's wife, Johanne, is back in hospital today - hopefully temporarily - having the implant that controls the drugs that control her Parkinson's moved again. It's unlikely that Colin will be able to join us now, so Plan B for me will be to catch the train (and bus) there and back - but I have to wait until Colin actually says he can't come - which he hasn't yet.

What else has happened in the last week? A bit of golf - Friday at Aboyne, Sunday at Banchory, yesterday at Gleneagles - the latter was the windiest conditions I've ever played in - it was unplayable at times, but it was a corporate invite and it would have been rude to quit. We managed round in the end, but it was a struggle - hope it's not as bad when we're walking this weekend - although the forecast is pretty poor.

Saturday afternoon was the first visit for a few years of the Aberdeen, Grampian & Northern Isles CAMRA branch to Banchory for their monthly meeting. A couple of pints during the two and a half hour meeting, followed by one at the Burnett, then another at the Douglas, then off we - and they - toddled. See Ian's Ale Adventures blog for photos etc.

That's about it. Next blog to be updated will most likely be the Hill-walking one.

Cheers,

Ian