Dinner

Frank and Meenu and Tim and Laurie came round for dinner. Max played a couple of fantastic pieces on the harp - including his own composition.

Stobo Castle

Spent the weekend away at Stobo Castle near Peebles enjoying some good food and relaxation. Leslie looked after the children for the day taking them to the Mining Museum and the new exhibitions at the National Museum of Scotland.

Dalbeattie & SOL1

Left the snows of Edinburgh to visit the Galloway coast on Saturday. We visited the Moffat Toffee Shop which was the highlight of the year for Hannah. Then went to the RSPB reserve of Mersehead and walking along the mudflats and beach. Later went to the pretty beach of Rockcliffe.

On Sunday we did a Scottish League Orienteering event. Hannah did brilliant by map reading on her own for the first time. Max did very well as well. Colin made everyone else feel superior.

World Book Day

Max and Hannah dressed up as their favourite fictional characters for World Book Day.

We invite our readers to guess who they are (post a comment).

SOSOL 7

Results here

SOSOL 6

We were greeted with a cold and frosty morning as we went out on the sixth SOSOL event of the season. The start was just across the read from the Inn.

Hannah was a little slower than ususal coming in 6th of 7.

Max did really well coming in 5th place of 15 in a good time.

Colin came 11th of 41 on a very hilly course.

Loch Lomond

Away to the shores of Loch Lomond for the weekend. Left Edinburgh on Friday afternoon and arrived at the Oak Tree Inn in Balmaha early evening. Went for a night walk with our torches to watch the sun set.

On Saturday we got a taxi to Rowardennan and walked back to Balmaha along the West Highland Way. Took 5 hours in total with a distance of around 7 miles. Absolutely marvellous weather. Hannah was heard asking "are we in Africa?". Enjoyed some time along the route playing on the beaches! Almost went in for a swim.

Carnethy 5

A very cold and windy day for this 6 mile run in the Pentlands. 5 summits and 2500 ft of ascent. The winds were so strong you were almost blown over and much of the ground was frozen making it difficult under foot.

Got round in 80 minutes, almost a full 10 minutes faster than last year. 301 st place out of around 460 runners (395 th last year).

SOSOL League

After Round 5 of 9

Hannah - SECOND place
Max - FIRST place EQUAL
Colin - THIRD place

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SOSOL 5 Duns Wood

Orienteering at Duns Wood in the Borders. Hannah & Cherry came 6 th of 11 on Yellow. Max had a very good 8 of 13 on Orange. Colin came 16 of 33 on Blue.

Went on to Traprain Law afterwards to Bag a Geocache.

Geocache counter added to the Website. Clever eh!

Glasgow

Went to All That Jazz at the Glagow Concert Hall and then on to the Lighthouse Museum. Pictured is Max at the top of the MacIntosh tower

Beinn Ime & Narnain

Colin & Frank went walking on a fantastic winter's day. Some clouds from about 750 m but what a pleasant surprise when we emerged at the summit of Beinn Ime above cloud level with glorious sunshine and fantastic views of Scotland's highest peaks.

Went on to Narnain which was also above the clouds and later on the clouds broke up as we headed home.

5 hr 45 minutes walking in total at a very brisk pace.

O-Training at Dalkieth

Max went to O-Training at Dalkeith. Hannah went round the Orange with Colin in extra quick time.

SOSOL4 Palacerigg

Orienteering today near Cumbernauld. Colin came 15 of 36 on Blue with a generally good run, with the exception of one very big error.

Max was slow but sure in 14th place on the orange.

Hannah & Cherry came 7th on the yellow.

Nice little animal park.

Orienteering

Went out to Craiglockhart hill on Saturday afternoon for a stroll around the yellow course then to Hopetoun House on Sunday morning. Max and Hannah and Cherry zoomed around the Yellow whilst Colin did the first half of the Sprint-O. The computers broke and delayed the second half so long we decided to head home.

Say some curlew's, oystercatchers, several heron and a large bird of prey.

RESULTS:

Ledlie Family came second on the YELLOW at Craiglockhart.

At Hopetoun House Max was 3 rd on Yellow and Hannah and Cherry came 5th (of 15). Colin came 30th of 43.

Junior Great Winter Run

Disaster Strikes for Max Ledlie in the Junior Great Winter Run. The hot favourite was well poised for a winning burst in the last 800 metres when his hamstring muscle pulled and he hobbled to the side of the track. The first aiders sprang to his assistance and advised that he walk back to the finish of the course. His coach came in for harsh criticism for not preparing the young star adequately. No warm-ups, no stretches. Oh Dear!

Junior Senior Relay at Flotterstone

Went out to the Pentlands on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning. A big crowd gathered for a fun relay hill race. Max's team came in second place and Max was the second fastest junior. Colin came second on the medium course and his team was just behind Max's. Hannah did very well and was the eighth fastest junior. Both are pictured with medals and Max with a prize pedometer.

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Full race report may follow.

MacDougal Moose

Went to the farmers market and then to a Geocache at Edinburgh Castle. Found our first Travel Bug in the person of MacDougal Moose. He's enjoying a few days with us before being sent off on his journey around the country.

Fairliehope Hill

Went for a two hour walk from Carlops to Fairliehope Hill with Les. Trouble with the riverside path on the way back. Had lunch at the Allan Ramsay Hotel in Carlops. Les brought the presents from down South. Thanks!

Tinto

Max and Ellen climb Tinto. Peak is at 707 m making it both a Donald and a Graham. Journey time 2 hrs 20 minutes. 7.4 km walked.

Greenmantle Dash

The energetic New Year continued with a trip to Broughton in the Scottish Borders. Colin ran through the burn, the mud, up the hill and back while the rest of the family watched. Finished 76th of 118.

Afterwards we went to Neidpath Castle at Peebles for another geocache.

New Years Day

We got off to any active start to the year with everyone running along Portobello promenade in the annual Promathon. Max, Hannah and Cherry set out on the 2 mile fun run and all got round in good times without stopping. Colin did the 4 miles run and came in with a time of 29 min 16 secs, a good improvement on last year (32 minutes).

After lunch we went out to Greyfriars to look for a Geocache.