Friday 16 April 2010

Den of Alyth

Well, our walk today was really lovely!  The sun was out, but it wasn't too hot, as eleven of us, including my bezzy mate from Cambridgeshire, Flick, set off into the woods.  Where, I might add, there was a surprise for us at the end of it.
This was the 'crew' for today
Gill, Susan, Karen behind Theresa, Kate Jean I, Rhoda, Jean D, Jeanette, and Charles
with the photo being taken by Flick

I would just like to say that one of the beauties of this group is there are no 'leaders' as such - we make up our mind where we'll go and then we turn up, and, well, go there!

                                                                           
  
However, when it comes to height discrepancies, we tend to tackle it head on and just see how we measure up.  I couldn't find any photos of the two shorter bodies from the group, suffice it to say that there was not much between them.

But, at the end of the walk, we got on like children in a playground, all playing together.  

Did I say playground?  

Well, when one of the group said she would love to play on the swings, more especially, slide down the slide, like fairy godmothers, ping!  

One appeared, and we had a ball!

So, Jean got her wish!

Another Jean, another slide
Kate and Jeanette on the See-Saw
Karen, not sure about this sliding lark
Theresa and Jean taking a turn on the See-Saw
Gill and Kate busy on the swings
Rhoda braving the Slide
Flick reaches the end of the slide, and Kate is waiting to follow her

I don't think we would actually be allowed to go onto the apparatus at the park, but who cares?  We enjoyed it so much, had a laugh and as Theresa said 'I felt like a 5 year old again!'

We were definitely ready for our lunch as we reached the Strathmore Golf Centre who made us more than welcome, by quickly putting two tables together, and bringing our lovely soup or sandwiches, soon after they were ordered, despite being fairly busy.

Next week, folks .....

It's likely to be Faskally Loch, at Pitlochry - Map Here
Jean D says it's best to start at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre car park
but, we'll meet at the Kirkmichael Shop at 10.00 am
and we can travel in fewer cars

UPDATE::::



I found it!  The picture of Charles going down the slide - a classic!

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