December so far

Well, I got my MMR vaccine on Monday. When I asked if I should expect any reaction, I was told "sore arm, fever, rash". Thankfully, none of those have yet occurred. What I didn't realise, however, is that this was the first dose of two - I have to go back on 3rd January for the 2nd one.

Jo and I had a brief overnight stay in St. Andrews on Wednesday. We stayed at Rusack's Hotel which looks on to the 18th and first fairways of the Old Course and out across West Sands (where the famous race in Chariots of Fire was filmed) to the sea:

It was a beautiful, still clear day - albeit freezing. We met up with Barry, Helen and Dawn who had booked in to a nearby B & B - in fact, they were waiting for us in our hotel when we arrived. We had a light lunch and then set out on a walk out to the clifftop caravan site at the other end of town where Mum and Dad had taken Barry, Dawn and I on holiday 60 years ago.

We walked past the castle, cathedral and harbour on the way:

We then looked for the spot where I took the family photo in summer, 1963:

So we decided that the 3 of us should line up in the same order as this one, taken back in the 1950's:

Not much has changed, eh? Here's some other photos taken on our walk:

This line-up was in height order

On the way back we walked round St Andrews' streets, stopping briefly at Innes' bookshop, which, sadly, is closing after 144 years in business. Coffee and scones followed and then it was back to our accommodations. We met again in the evening and had dinner at Forgan's:

That's all from me for now.