This morning we woke up to sunshine, a very rare event lately, as the sun got higher it started to burn the dew off the ground & a very fine mist could be seen through the sunrays amongst the trees in the garden. I tried to capture that (see below), not all that well, but I was in the middle of my ablutions when it happened & in order not to frighten the holiday makers next door by going into the garden naked, took it through the window.
By ten o’clock we were walking down the village to get milk & magazines (every Wednesday for this task), plus of course a drink & scone in the Mill. As the sun was shining, instead of walking down the road I went through the riverside woodland path, a cracking walk & with the sun shining on the trees made it look even better, of course I had my camera with me, hence the next two shots. One day I will capture the Salmon going up the river to spawn, only seen them twice & didn’t have my camera with me either time.
When it is warm the trek up the hill seems even longer, but we both made it just & then , until dinnertime carried on with a few outside tasks, which the rains had prevented us from doing lately, Jan continuing her shed painting , me just pottering about praying dinnertime would come & get a sit down.
After lunch I went down the village (in the car this time) to the village church fayre held in the village hall. Always a popular event with locals & visitors alike. The main attraction being the homemade cakes & jams, followed by book stall & most probably the most attractive event for the children, the tombola. Four tickets for a pound & if your raffle ticket ends in a 5 or 0 you win a prize. These range from bottles of wine, chocolates, unwanted smellies (one young lad won a Dove set of bath accessories & said to his Mum “at least you will smell okay tomorrow”). When I did this stall one year the guy in charge did keep the ticket for the bottle of whiskey back until about 2/3rds of the prizes were gone before putting it in with the rest, to keep the grown ups spending their pounds.
They also have a bric a brac stall & homegrown veg & plants stalls which do fairly well, freshly picked lettuce & beetroot always go first.
As you can see the hall was well attended & continues to do so year on year, my only hope is that they have it all cleared up ready for table tennis tonight.
It is going to be a busy weekend in the village as well Davie at the chippie has a marque, bar & live music on every weekend behind the chippie & we can hear it a mile up the Glen every Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Also there is a family Ceilidh on Saturday night in the village hall, a band from within the Cairngorms Park, made up of young musicians tours the Park villages throughout the summer playing in halls & this weekend it is our turn. Again normally very well attended, with a bar & stovies at half time.
