Guitar Gal

Hannah got a guitar and will start lessons in a couple of weeks time. Went cycling on Saturday and Hannah had great fun at Alien Rock on Sunday.

Red Moss

Went out to a nature reserve at the edge of the Pentlands. Not much in the way of wildlife spotted but went on to an excellent well hidden bird hide on the edge of the lake. Saw all sorts of birds including buzzards and long tailed tits.

Cramond Island O

Travelled to Cramond Island for some orienteering. Hannah did well. Max really enjoyed it and went round two different courses. Colin got a bit lost!

Long Walk

Max and Colin went for a long walk as practice for the St Cuthberts Way walk they are planning for next year. They went a total of 19.5 km in a total time of 6 hrs 30 minutes.

Walked from home to summit of Blackford Hill, to Mortonhall, past Fairmilehead to have lunch at the Steadings. Then climbed Caerketton Hill and descended through Swanston and Braidburn Valley Park. Temperatures were high throughout so did very well to make it round with no complaints about anything other than the flies at a few locations along the way.

Caerketton Downhill Race

Max and Hannah ran in Scotland's only open downhill only race on Wednesday night. Max really enjoyed and came 5th of the 10 runners. Hannah did well coming 9th in an exciting finish.

Moray Marathon

Took a longer than expected journey up to Elgin to run in the Moray Marathon. Nice course running from Elgin to the coast - along to Lossiemouth and back. Ran well getting round in 4 hr 1 min 50 seconds - just missing the target of 4 hrs but beating previous time of 4 hr 20 by a good margin.

Ran into trouble between miles 19 and 23 when every ounce of my body was telling me to stop and have a rest. Recovered really well for the last 3 miles which I ran at a good pace - especially the last mile at around 7 m 45 pace.