Nice breezy morning .....
7th
August 2016 (Sunday)
.... 10.00 The wind that was forecast to ‘hit’ us
today, is not going to happen until later tonight and through tomorrow.... so, we
have a ‘nae bad’ morning; breezy, dry
and mostly bright. I’m feeling
brighter today, .... so I must be over the change of air. ‘M’ and I are going out in the afternoon,
until then we are ‘resting’ .... well.... I am resting!
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| Anniversary cake |
21.00 We’ve had a breezy day... and also a ‘one
heavy shower’ day. Jackie and Iain
took ‘Jack’ (bearded collie) for his evening walk along the Buchan way at
Auchnagatt, and got caught in a deluge;
apart from that one shower, it has been pleasantly warm, even in the
wind.
‘M’
and I went to Inverurie Garden Centre in the morning, had lunch when we were
there, then went on to Kintore to Mabel and Jimmy’s Diamond wedding celebratory
party. It was really nice seeing ‘older’
faces that I knew, but it also reminded me that I too, am an ‘older face’ to others.....
however chatting to ‘cousins’ soon dispelled any feeling of being ‘old’. The Kintore Pipe Band marched in led, by
one of Jimmy’s granddaughters, and entertained the company with some stirring
tunes.....including “Maggie” .... a poignant
tune for me at any time, but even more so today for
some reason.
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| Cutting the cake |
I
decided to take the ‘scenic’ route back to Auchnagatt .... and actually got
there (to Auchnagatt) without getting lost.
I had a look at the photos... then felt the need for a quick ‘50’, which
lasted only 35 minutes; I awoke feeling ‘bright as a button’ and
rarin’
to go.
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| Kintore Pipe band |
‘M’
made a cuppa and we were in mid gulp when Iain came through in a serious state
of excitement: he’d ‘caught’ a Snorlax....
an important “Pokemon Go” ‘thing; I
think. We finished our tea..... and
ate another chocolate biscuit in celebration.
The
‘plan’ for tomorrow, and the weather is amenable, is to go down to “Fitty”
(Footdee), an old fishing village at the mouth of the River Dee, always a good
place for photographs .... and probably more Pokemon ‘things’.
Photographs
: Top – The anniversary cake, Middle – cutting the cake, and Bottom – the Kintore
Pipe ban leaving the Hall.
