The sun's still shining but yesterday we had our first taste of the haar coming as far inland as Banchory - and the temperature fairly dropped as a result. We're told that our prolonged spell of high pressure may be coming to an end this week and we may even get some much-needed rain by the weekend. This is what it's been like - taken as I was walking back down Mount St. from the Legion one Saturday - that's the West church with Kerloch behind:
Scott and Lucy have now booked their flights - they leave Oregon on Friday 25th July, arriving in London early Saturday afternoon. They're spending 2 nights in London and then flying up to Aberdeen on Monday 28th, returning to USA early on Friday 8th August. I'm sure they'd like to see everyone while they're here so we'll need to co-ordinate diaries over the next couple of months.
Still no word about my knee op. It's 10 weeks today that I had my pre-assessment medical - last year they were guaranteeing the op within 8 weeks but now they say the pre-med is valid for 14 weeks - maybe a bit more. I know I'm repeating myself but I feel trapped - in a kind of limbo just now - I can't make any plans to go anywhere, even for a day or two.
We had dinner with Gary and Luca last night. We drove up to Aberchirder, aka "Foggie", to try out the New Inn. I'd heard good reports from my CAMRA colleagues who'd arranged a trip there recently so wanted to see it for myself - and it didn't disappoint. The food - all freshly prepared - was excellent and it's a cosy pub dining area with another snug and beer garden to the rear. Here we are:
I had a bit of a clear-out of old clothes last week. I took 5 bags'-worth to our local Salvation Army containers at our supermarkets. I was out of luck at Morrison's - the container was full - so I went to Tesco, which was even worse:
The people who just dumped their bags here should be ashamed of themselves. I got in touch with the Salvation Army and they responded pretty quickly, emptying both containers so I was then able to safely deposit my bags.
While I await my op, I've only been able to play golf once a week but last week I was tempted by the weather to try a few more holes on Friday - and managed ok:
I was a bit less successful the previous week when a few of us took the bus to Crathie for a planned walk from Balmoral to Braemar. It was all good until we got to the summit of our walk and started to head back down to Invercauld. The path was narrow, overgrown and bumpy - it was difficult in places to see where you were putting your feet. When we got down to Invercauld I was struggling with my knee - it was less than 3 kms from there to Braemar but I knew it would be too much for me. Fortunately we were near the road now so I hopped on the next bus and met up with the rest at the pub in Braemar. Here we are, just off the bus at the start of the walk:
No further progress on my broken tooth implant. My former dentist's practice in Aberdeen doesn't have records going back 14 years to identify what type of implant I had. I don't know what we're going to do now.
To finish, Miller's and Asher's school have had their "Bush Week" - here they are:
Incidentally, Miller passed his interview/test for his new school up in the hills near where their new house build is planned. It's going to be a whole new way of education for Miller at this Montessori school - https://www.montessori.sa.edu.au/
Staying in Australia, Kelly sent us this link to a recent shark strike at Port Noarlunga, just a few miles from their home and where Asher's class were in the water at the time of this horrific attack - https://7news.com.au/news/adelaide-man-richard-vinall-in-critical-condition-after-shark-attack-c-18711339?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKT4WBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgUd9WNEFcI5gT72YNgwg7FYOnuUwdKlWLVbSHFHJ0VCklGSuhcUqC0-vNhg_aem_KDkVwNRt2KmRLEu3yGAZSw#6xe4818f0d3aijvykct9ofwr7otmcugq9
It's Kelly's birthday tomorrow (20th) and Lucy's next Tuesday (27th).
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