I took the opportunity to travel back home for a semi surprise visit to see Mum and Dad and the rest of the family. It was a wonderful week and the weather was so good when I was home – a bit of snow and then sunny days – I couldn’t understand what everyone had been complaining about!!
Glenlair was like a winter wonderland on the second morning I woke up. Toby was enjoying snow!
It was so nice to see Mum and Dad and Toby it was hard to say goodbye after my three days passed so quickly.
I then left the farm and headed to Stobo Castle to meet up with Sam for a nights pampering. It was rather slippery and slidey over the Beeftub but nothing my Ford Focus hire car couldn't handle. I arrived before Sam so went straight off to the gym for a bit of run followed by swim. When she turned up we had the first of our treatments then we followed that with a swim fit class – and the lady could tell we were sisters because of our similar swimming styles!! It was fun but by the time dinner came around I was starving. That night we sneaked back to our room and drank the bottle of wine Mum had sent me away with! The next morning was no more relaxing with aqua aerobics followed by circuit training and then a second treatment, lunch then off!!
We left Stobo and headed straight to pick up Mariska and Thomas from school. I found it really funny at Thomas’s school everything seemed so small – little doors, little rooms and smelt of wet smelly muddy socks – basically it brought back my memories of school! We had a nice evening together and managed to help with homework. The following morning I was able to drop them at the school bus – Sam was very confused why I was so keen to go to the school bus so early but it was something different I guess. Sam took me to see her school – would you believe it was the first time I had seen where she worked and it was an impressive old building.
I am not sure why but I seemed only to only photograph the pets!
I drove Jude up to Angus’s while Sam was at work and we stopped at Tesco for some British goodies where she managed to run through out the car depositing white hairs on the black upholstery and setting off the car alarm!!
That evening we were having a sibling night out in Edinburgh – basically curry followed by drinking – great night with some dancing thrown in. It was also the night I discovered that I quite like whisky!
Mind you I suffered the next day as it was Chloe’s birthday bash at the bowling rink!
It was hard to leave beautiful Scotland I do miss the hills and green!
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