Morning walk, lazy afternoon

 Although my leg was a bit troublesome in the night I decided to go for a walk this morning. I wanted to try the path by the cathedral and see if I could get as fas as the hotel we have afternoon tea at last weekend. Tina had n appointment so she took me to the north car park in Dunkeld for me to start the walk. It seemed there was an enactment going on this weekend, but just a lot of tents when I went by.

I decided to follow the Bishops path.

You won’t be surprised that I took quite a lot of photos, the Bishops path was the tree trail route, I walked back along the riverside.

I arrived at the hotel and sat on one of the benches at the riverside and did a sketch.

I then followed the riverside path back.

Then I spotted a cave in the wall.

Then the bridge wa in sight, but I still had to get there nd then walk back to Birnam. I leg was playing up by then and made me limp a bit.

I had a drink in Dunkeld and bought some stuff for lunch before I walked home.

I sat and did some crosswords this afternoon with the cat on my lap, and watched some snooker and the F1 sprint race with Tina.

I may sort out the edge pieces of the Secret Garden jigsaw in a bit.

Bench assembly and different walk

 This morning the self assembly bench arrived. The blurb when I ordered it said it could be assembled in bout 15 minutes. It definitely took me a bit longer than that but it was pretty straightforward, I needed a bit of ingenuity when fitting the cross beam. I am delighted with it, it is strong and had good depth to take the bonsai dishes. I wanted two, but just ordered one to start with in case it wasn’t suitable. No more in stock at the moment but hopefully they will be available again soon.

We had been going to go to Perth today but Tina wasn’t feeling too bright so I decided to go for a walk nd try to get up to the war memorial cairn up on a hill. I found the start of the track, it was steep in parts but zig zagged and not too long.

This photo was from a bench not long before I reached the top.

Then some photos at the top, including a bluebell wood behind the cairn, not in full bloom yet though.

I made my way down and then went and had lunch in Dunkeld. I decided to walk back along the river path even though mu left leg was feeling like it was about to give out on me. There were a couple of benches along the way. I haven’t been along for a while nd now spring has sprung.

The next two photos are the ancient sycamore and the Birnum oak, both now in leg despite their age.

and a sign before I got to the steps away from the path!

I haven’t done a great deal since I got back. I went to the library this morning and got a book to red and an audio book, so have started reading the book.

Must be acting my age!

 I have had another fairly relaxed day. I removed the dead flowers from my bouquet and refreshed the water, still quite a bit of life in them. A put a few more pieces in the jigsaw, getting well on the way.

I went across to have my hair cut at 10.30, it hadn’t grown that much but she tidied it up and thinned it out! I did some tidying in the garden but not any heavy stuff, I have a bench on order to see if it will be suitable for the bonsai trees.

I had a phone call to say the painted pottery was ready, so after lunch I walked into Dunkeld, the green is beginning to show in the hills now.

All of our pottery pieces turned out well.

I had a late arrival card today and a brooch with a farthing in, so have a set now.

I have finished the jigsaw now except for one piece which I will hunt for tomorrow.

Maybe I will feel inclined to clear a bit more garden tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

An easy day

 We were both up and about later this morning  and didn’t rush to do anything. But I will start with yesterday evening because I went along to the bowls club with Tina as a spectator. I was in bright sunshine to start and it was very hot, then I moved into the shade and the temperature dropped rapidly. A very nice setting for a bowls club.

On my walk home I passed this mini bridge.

Some trees.

An oyster catcher and a rabbit very far away!

And a stone wall under construction at the hotel which is being refurbished.

Back to today, a relaxed morning then after lunch we went to Pitlochry to see Tina’s aunt and cousin. Tim had major neck surgery on Friday and seems to be making good progress. The views from their garden are lovely.

And Archie is cute!

We stopped by at the Loch of the Lowes on the way back, just before it closed as Tina buys the bird seed there. We did get to look at the loch as well.

I have a throw over my legs when sitting with my feet up, not because I am cold but because I have ended up bleeding on several occasions because of Pandoras claws in my lower legs! The throw was a bit bulky so Tina brought one of the quilts I made through. She doesn’t use it anfitvwas good to see it again. I did make some pretty nice quilts.

I will be doing some watering later but not much else.