Utopia Found?

On Friday, I went to The Great Grampian Beer Festival with a few friends, including Vikki's dad. As ever, it was an enjoyable evening and I tasted a decent amount of beer, some of which was good, some of which wasn't great. I didn't have anything truly outstanding but I think my favourite was Williams Bros Roisin.

Strangely, when I got home and looked at my glass, I realised that maybe I'd found a clue to the mystery.

 

A Dreich Day at Dunnottar

Our friend Faye (who has been Vikki's friend since school) paid us a flying visit over the weekend. It was good to see her, especially as it's been a couple of years since we last met, mainly because she's been living and working in Brunei. We all went up to Dunnottar Castle on Sunday morning. It's always well worth a visit, but can be a bit exposed in poor weather, as Calum lost no time in pointing out. Afterwards, we warmed up by having a bar lunch at The Marine which was nice, but they didn't have any hot chocolate which was a big disappointment - I had to have a beer to cheer me up.

Happy Birthday, Andy

The last full day of our holiday coincided with an anniversary of Vikki's dad's 29th birthday (to borrow a phrase). Despite getting two cakes we still didn't have quite enough room for the correct number of candles. We were worried he wouldn't have enough puff to blow them all out. Fortunately two volunteers turned up to help with the candles and with eating the cake.

In the afternoon, we went down to the Nevis Centre to go 10 pin bowling. If you ask me it's one of the most difficult sports to get decent photos of, but I thought this one of Calum posing was worth sharing.

In the evening we went to this place for a meal and a couple of beers. It was very nice and a fine way to round off our holiday.

We went home via Glen Coe where I was hoping we might be able to stop and take some photos of the spectacular scenery around there. However, low cloud and rain scuppered that plan, but nobody was sick so that goes down as a remarkably successful journey.