Winter is here

Our old friends Rutton and Kate nobly came up to see us for just one day. Unfortunately it was the one time that we had a long delay on the flight and they were 2.5 hrs late landing. They had Richard to keep them company at the airport so at least they were able to catch up to a certain extent.

On Sunday we woke to heavy snowfall but ventured into Aviemore and then, fortified by a mocchacino at the Mountain cafe, decided that clearing skies meant it was worth a trip up Cairngorm. Unfortunately the train disappeared into the clouds at the top meaning that the view was non-existent when we got there.

It doesn't seem to have put them off tho' and we are looking forward to them coming back in the spring when hopefully the weather will be a little kinder.Rhema seems to have recovered and was delighted to have some new people to make a fuss of her! The advantage of bad weather is that we can indulge in cooked breakfasts and log fires.....

I am now back in Sutton and as Sarah and Joe are on their 'tour' visiting friends and family, Richard will be on his own for about nine days and has been left instructions to check all the Christmas lights etc before we all get back as Sarah didn't want us to put up the Christmas tree until then. Hopefully we won't increase the light pollution too much!