A selection of snaps from the Tour de Ben Nevis, which Keith and I did yesterday. Final results not available yet, but it was long and hard (ooer). The weather was magnificent though, I've rarely seen the Highlands look so gorgeous.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Meet The Teacher
Last week, we met Louis' new teacher and had a nose around his classroom. Here's a shonky phone shot of one of his first-day drawings on the wall...
Monday, September 17, 2012
Dragons' Den
School holiday today; the Stirlings came to visit and we spent the morning in D Mains park, swinging from trees and building a wee den (pictured).
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Tour of Britain
This week I attended stage 3 of the Tour of Britain as a "VIP" guest of NetApp, who sponsor a Pro Continental racing team. As well as an entertaining race in itself, it was a lap of honour of sorts for Brad Wiggins and Mark Cavendish (pictured), who went on to win the stage. Watching bike races certainly beats working for a living.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Wildlife & Mud
This morning, Holly was honing her Wildlife Ranger skills and went on a frog hunt in the garden. We found loads of wee ones, one big one (which we couldn't catch), and this weird lizardy thing. Is it a newt? I've never seen one before, at least not in the garden. In the afternoon, we took advantage of the low tide to explore Cramond Island, where Holly waded out into the slimy, smelly mud of the Almond estuary and promptly (and perhaps inevitably) fell over.
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Skyride
Evil Empire the Murdochs' Sky organisation may be, but they're also trying to help get a million people on their bikes in the UK, and they've invested in cycling in a big way, not least in the form of the Sky Pro Cycling team that took Bradley Wiggins to his historic victory in the Tour de France this year. Today we joined 10,000 other cyclists on the SkyRide, a closed-road circuit round Arthur's Seat. It's a tough climb, but the kids worked hard and made it to the top - helped by the SkyRide helpers cheering and honking them on their way. Back at the bottom, there was face painting, displays of trials and jumping from Andrei Burton, a grass track where the kids could sample racing, and a 500m WattBike sprint, among other things. We also picked up more water bottles, dayglo bibs, Soreen snack loaves and t-shirts than we could shake a stick at. A grand day out.
Monday, September 03, 2012
September Sun
Summer has, according to popular wisdom, ended. The sun, apparently thus freed from stage fright or whatever affliction has prevented it emerging these last two months, has been shining happily since September began. Today after school, swimming costumes and water were the order of the day.
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