Gullane

Headed out to Gullane on Sunday to help out at SOL2. Max, Hannah and Cherry walked along the beach and in the dunes. Hannah was mistaken for a BOY at lunchtime !

Scottish Sprint Championships

Max and Colin went to the ground of Heriot Watt University to run in the Scottish Sprint Championships. Max did very well making it round two adult championship courses. Colin again succeeded in not coming last !

East Lomond Hill

Max and Colin headed up to Pitmedden Forest near Perth for the 8th event on the South of Scotland Orienteering League. The event was also used for a couple of other competitions at the same time. Max did very well coming 6th of 15 in tougher than usual competition. Colin was 28th on the Brown course.

Later in the afternoon we took a short walk to the summit of East Lomond Hill in very cold and windy weather.

Le Grand Cirque

Enjoyed some more corporate hospitality this saturday - this time with Ernst & Young and a family trip to the theatre to see Le Grand Cirque. A good show - although felt like I'd seen it before.

Frank & Meenu

Got married today at Bangor Abbey, followed by a reception at the Culloden Hotel.

Mortonhall Walk

All the family went for a stroll round Fairmilehead and Mortonhall. Damp and a bit cold.

Scotland 18 Ireland 19

Enjoyed the hospitality of PwC at the six nations rugby. Nice meal and a good win for Ireland. Also won the sweepstake on the score and won a signed rugby ball !

Lisbon Stagger

The Big 40 Strikes Again with Frank planning to tie the knot with Meenu next Monday. To celebrate the boys headed off to Lisbon for the weekend.







On Friday we toured the Castle and Cathedral in the centre of Lisbon before an evening at a Fado restaurant with traditional Portugese music being played.










On Saturday we headed off to nearby Sintra which presented some excellent walking to hilltop fantasy palace and Moorish Castle. Nice evening meal in a traditional restaurant before returning to the late night delights of central Lisbon.

Lothian Edge

A busy weekend with Hannah at football on Saturday morning and then the kids, Alexander and Cherry went swimming. Colin ran in a 5 mile race from the Kings Buildings getting round in 36 minutes 35 sec and coming 144th of 218 runners.

On Sunday Colin and Max went to Lothian Edge for the SOSOL. The weather and visibility was very poor so Colin shadowed Max around what proved to be a very difficult Orange course. Max came third of six and should now move to first position in the league with 2 events remaining. Hannah and Cherry went ice-skating at Murrayfield.

Carnethy 5

Colin ran in his third Carnethy 5 hill race in the company of 2 world skyrunning champions. Got round the course in just under 76 minutes which was a 4 minute improvement on last year and around 15 minutes better than the first attempt. 287 th place in the 500 runner field.

On Sunday we had a gentle stroll to Blackford hill and a run through the gorse bushes.

SOSOL 6

Max did very well at SOSOL 6 in Falkirk coming second on the Orange course. He is now second in the league. Colin came 17th on the Brown and is 8th in the league.

Weekend Orienteering

Colin went to the Sprint Orienteering at Dalmeny Estate on Saturday while the we went swimming with a friend.

On Sunday we went orienteering at Arthur's Seat. I came third on the orange course and Dad came eighteenth on the brown course which is mega-difficult and he therefore did really well even though it sounds sort of not so good.

By Max

Max Wins the Wattie Cup !

Max won the Wattie Cup for the top performance in the Scots Language and Culture. He learnt and recited a Scots poem, understood the Scots language and wrote a poem.

Sosol4 & Ice Skating

Colin went off to West Calder for the first SOSOL event of the new year. After quite a long break from orienteering it was amazing how bad you could get. Got very lost and ran about 1 km down the wrong river !

Cherry, Max and Hannah went to Murrayfield to ice skate.

KB Orienteering

We had a busy day on Saturday with Hannah at football in the morning, then running our first ever orienteering event at Kings Buildings and then a trip to the theatre to watch West Side Story. It was sad and Hannah cried.

Cardrona

Colin and Cherry enjoyed a weekend away at Cardrona near Peebles whilst Les looked after the kids in Edinburgh. The children went to Gorgie City Farm and to Deep Sea World. Colin and Cherry enjoyed some good food, a nice swim and gym and walks in Cardrona Forest and Cadesmuir Hill.

Great Winter Run

Dad and I went to Arthur's Seat. Dad did the Great Winter Run and I did the Junior Great Winter Run. My course was 1 1/2 miles long. I did quite well and took about 9 minutes. Dad's course was 5.2km long and he took 25minutes. It was good weather but very windy. Dad forgot his camera so we didn't get any photos. Some of my friends were there and one of them came sixth.

By Max

Glas Maol

Max made it to the top of his 11th Munro by climbing Glas Maol. Conditions weren't great with fairly strong winds and visibility rarely extending beyond about 100 m. Good fun nevertheless.

Hannah and Cherry went ice-skating at Murrayfield - and for a long cycle ride !

Ducks

World of Football - Ducks - Night O Training

Newcastle

We took a day trip by train down to Newcastle to visit the Life Science centre and to see the Millenium Bridge. Also saw the castle.

Greenmantle Dash

Second race of the year at Broughton. Fabulous sunny day for the muddiest, wettest, steepest shortest race of the year. The river was in full spate, the fields particularly muddy and the hill slippy with the wet. A wee bit faster than last year coming in 69 of 119 runners.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We started the new year in energetic mood with the Portobello Promathon. Max and Hannah ran the 2 miles fun run. Max finished in 18 minutes and 19 seconds whilst Hannah came close behind in around 20 minutes.

Colin ran the 4 mile event in 30 min 11 seconds.