Lammer Law

Colin was out on his bike on Sunday. Cycled and pushed up to the top of Lawer Law in the Lammermuir hills and then a cycle round Gifford and a few other villages in the foothills.

Scottish Housing Expo

We had a trip up to Inverness to visit the Scottish Housing Expo and a look at 28 new architect built houses. Max is keen on being an architect so wanted to visit the Expo. Interesting couple of days.

Meall Glas and Sguith Chuil

Colin went out for a spot of munro bagging. Generally good weather. Tackled too hills to the North of the Killin-Crianlarich road. Very tough going with no paths to be seen making it very tough work walking through the long grass and bog.

Spotted a badger between the two hills.

Street Orienteering - South Gyle

Max and Colin went orienteering on a newly mapped area of South Gyle. Different courses but they were the same for the first 7 controls. Max took an early lead through the very confusing streets.

Shopping

Colin took Max (and later Hannah) out shopping. Max bought all the latest fashions.

Cycle in Midlothian

Our for a long relatively leisurely cycle from home through mid lothian villages. Still on holiday from work for this week.

Gullane Beach

Glorious day at the beautiful Gullane Beach. The hours flew by as the kids built their castles.

Holiday in Aldeburgh 5th-14th August

Travelled down on the Thursday with the last bit of the journey finished on Friday. We had a nice half day stop on the way down at an Anglo Saxon Village near Bury St Edmonds.On Saturday we went for a walk along the shore at Aldeburgh and then took a trip to Dunwich, the town washed away by the sea.On Sunday we visited Orford Castle and walked along Orford Ness.
On Monday Colin went for a walk to Thorpeness whilst everyone else had a quiet day at the house.
Tuesday - Snape MaltingsWednesday - Michael,, Michael & Lusi visited and we had a row on the water at Thorpeness
Thursday - Minsmere RSPB reserve

Turnhouse Hill Race

Haven't been running or racing much with my mild Achilles Tendonitus meaning I need to rest up a bit. Decided to get out however to this excellent little mid-week race in the Pentlands. Nice summer evening and a bit crowd in attendance. Ran quite well at just under 140% of the winning time and beat a few who normally come in ahead of me. Feet were badly blistered however as my Inov8 212's weren't quite tough enough for the terrain.

Visit to Maxwell & Rosemary. Pictures from the walled garden.

Hay Fever

We headed out for a family walk from East Linton to Traprain Law and Hailes Castle. Hannah discovered that she suffers from hayfever and Colin's nose also started to run in spite of the nasal spray. Hot sunny afternoon.

Hannah Dressed for the Party

Primary School Football Final

Hannah and the girls put on a good performance but not quite good enough to defeat the mighty South Morningside. The girls lost 4-0 in what was a keenly fought and exciting game. Pictured with runners up cup.

Long O

Colin ran in the Pentlands Long orienteering event. Tired after the race on Saturday it was a fairly pedestrian trudge round a long and boggy course. Navigation was pretty good but very slow over the ground.

Edinburgh Cup Finals

Hannah and the JGPS girls had a stunning performance this morning against Mary Erskine PS winning by something like 8 - 1 (lost count!) in the sem-finals of the Edinburgh Primary School football cup. The team played like a well trained unit. Hannah was great in goals with her big kicks and saved a penalty.

In the afternoon Colin had a great run at East Linton in the Traprain Law Hill race. Another personal best taking 1 min 40 ish off last years time.

Drums

Hannah was out drumming at the Meadows Festival this morning. A short 15 minute show on the main stage to a small audience.

Cherry was out climbing Ben Vorlich with Beata and family.

Scottish Orienteering Champs

Colin took a long trip up to Kinlock Rannoch for the Scottish Champs. A tough course on challenging forest took 3 hrs to get round the M21L course. With all the stars doing the Elite course I managed to come a very creditable 2nd place (of the 5 participants).

James Gillespies Girls Win On Penalties

An exciting match at the Meadows this morning which finished 1 - 1 at full time. James Gillespies won the penalty shoot our against Sciennes 3 to 1 (out of 3). Hannah was in goals and watching the second penalty go wide of the post was enough to win the match.

Orienteering at Balkello, Dundee

Colin headed off for a mornings orienteering at Balkello in the Scottish O League. Long outing on the Black course. A few big errors but good practice after a few months without any orienteering. Came 3rd of the 5 on the course.

Meadows 2 Mile Race

Continued my good run of performances with another personal best in the Sri Chinmoy 2 mile race at the meadows. 13:22 which too 19 secs off previous PB.

Happy Birthday Max

Max invited his friends round for a barbecue and to watch the Hangover.

Stuc a Chroin Hill Race

Colin headed North to Strathyre to participate on the long hard tough rugged Stuc A Chroin Hill Race. 22km and 5000 ft of climb with a wide variety of terrain and tough rocky hill-top ridge. Very pleased with the time of 3 hrs 34 min and 158% of the winning time.