May no more

After pretty pathetic weather for most of the month, finally May has improved in the last few days, and it's time for me to do a quick blog update. There have been brief moments of fair weather - one of them was when Jo and I went for a walk and ended up at Banchory Lodge for coffee:

We returned to Banchory Lodge just a few days later to have dinner with the Kilgours and the Masons - the first time for about 18 months. I had booked us in to one of the new sheds at the Sitooterie:

We left the door of the shed open early on but closed it later as the evening chill came in - it was very cosy then with the overhead heater on! On Friday, Jo and I did another (virtual) wine and cheese tasting with the Strong Water Company. Earlier I had been out on my bike going past the Falls of Dess:

That's it for now - we're off in to the sun for a walk along the river.