New Years Eve

We all headed out at about 11.30 towards the Royal Mile. Found a great spot to watch the fireworks just outside the Witchery Restaurant.

Torchlight Procession

We all headed out to join or watch the annual Torchlight procession. A huge crowd of around 30,000 out. We walked along North Bridge which was quite unpleasant with the volume of people out walking with their torches. After a coffee stop we returned to North Bridge to watch the fireworks at 8 pm which turned out to be an ideal venue to watch from.

ELO Festive Frolic

We all headed out to Newhailes House for the Festive Frolic orienteering with a twist. Hannah and Cherry's first event in a long time! The weather wasn't great but it was a good fun event.

Max did well coming 15th of 64 beating his dad by 4 places.

Beecraigs Handicap Race

Max and Colin headed off to Beecraigs for the Boxing day handicap race. The weather was quite kind with reasonable temperature and no wind. The ground was very muddy and a puddle was reaching lake proportions. Both Max and Colin ran well coming in the top quarter of the handicap and not a bad position timewise on the 7k race.

Eskapade

Colin's headed out early on Sunday morning in the rain and gales for a run along the Risk Esk from Musselburgh to Lasswade. A big crowd turned up at the start and at various points along the way. The full run to the Pentlands lasted all day but I bowed out after about a quarter of the distance as I've not been doing much longer runs of late.

Took the bus out and back which worked well.

Hannah's Concert at Usher Hall

Hannah was playing drums as part of the James Gillespies Christmas Concert at the Usher Hall.

Queens Drive Race 2012

It seemed like a very small field for this annual run round Holyrood Park. The weather was good with clear skies and temperatures around 6 degrees. Ran pretty well and was pushed along by some similar paced runners. Best time in this race by 1 min and 20 secs finishing the 5 k in 23:50.

May be getting back some form following consistent interval training at the gym.

Blackhope Scar and Bowbeat Hill

Out for a longish run this morning. Very cold temperatures but lack of wind meant it was fairly pleasant. Parked at Gladhouse Reservoir and then ran up the valley towards the hills. Climb up to Blackhope Scar where the terrain was very rough and the distance much longer than expected. Through to Bowbeat Hill past the wind turbines was still heavy going. The run back was more pleasant. 2 hrs 50 min in total.

Harps of Gold 2012

Max was playing again at the Harps of Gold concert at the Queens Hall. He has progressed from Little Donkey at previous concerts to being the first soloist at the concert. Played a complicated piece very well.