Beatrix Potter is exhibition

 Pandora is obviously a bit more settled as she had settled on the chair a couple of times rather than under the bed! Another wet day so I decided to go to the art centre and get the form for changing the address on my driving license on the way back. I had a drink before looking round the exhibition as it opens a bit later than the cafe. They are having trouble with the lighting so let me walk around within out paying. It is only £4 anyway and I bought a few things in the shop after I had looked round. It is delightful, lots of interesting exhibits and details bout her life, but also several activity areas for children, dressing up, a shop and a school c’est with activities. I will just add the photos now.

I booked a place on a craft session before leaving.

I called in at the post office and he said they didn’t have forms so to apply on line for the update driving license! One misty picture today.

I decided to walk to Dunkeld and get a bottle I found refilled with washing up liquid, had a drink there.. as well. It was raining fairly hard on the way back and there were some mad people swimming in the river with outer clothing on!

I stopped by another burn to take a photo.

I bought a plain notebook at the shop and did put pencil to paper, I haven’t got any drawing pens here at the moment, may not be able to find them when they are here!

The vans are loaded in Hornsea and they will be travelling up tomorrow as Tina will be. She will stay with  Darren tonight as the house is now empty! Hen Thursday chaos will arrive here!

The Birnam Oak

 This morning we were up reasonably early and it wasn’t raining. We drove to Dunkeld before Anya set off for home so that I could get some shopping in for the rest of the week and she could go back to a couple of the shops we had been in on Saturday.

I didn’t stay dry for long, it was a bit drizzly again when I decided to go and find the Burnam Oak, which featured in a Shakespeare play. It was less than a mile but quite a twisty route.

The Birnum oak was amazing but I thought the elderly sycamore was amazing.

This sculpture was just by it.

A couple more of the oak, some branches were supported.

I was more fascinated by the sycamore, the diameter of the trunk must have been six to seven feet.

This next photo has the sycamore in front and the oak behind, they are quite close.

I went over a small bridge above a burn leading to the river.

Then I followed the rather muddy path alongside the river which led to the bridge into Dunkeld.

Then up the rather scary steps to the bridge.

Those amazing views from there.

I had a drink at the community cafe we had gone in at the weekend before walking home.

This afternoon I had a frustrating couple of hours trying to update my address with government departments. I have never been sent so many codes via phone and email!

I filled in my registration form and questionnaire for the local doctors and went out again to hand it in.

At the weekend there had been a bag of veggies left at my door seemingly from someone’s allotment. No big saucepans so I cooked up a soup/stew in the frying pan! It was very tasty.

Feeling weary so won’t be late in bed. Anya arrived home safely after hitting some heavy traffic. It had been a really lovely weekend.

This should have been under the sculpture!

Trip to Perth

 We went for a walk in Birnam and we’re going to call in to the art centre but it opened later than we thought. We did wander round the Beatrix Potter garden. Iwill start with a few photos from yesterday that Anya forwarded to me.

We drove to Perth and it rained all the way, quite hard before we arrived. But soon after we arrived it stopped a pnd we even saw a bit of sun.

We were on a bridge when we took this picture on our way to a garden on the other side. Where the river forks there is quite a large island in the middle, I am suing this as it will be relevant a bit later in the blog.

There were some walking trails round thes gardens and on showed that you could wlkk right across the river nd over the island. There was a narrow path along side a railway track! It was amazing.

We even had a train go over while we were on thr trail.

One of the most fascinating things was that there were people on the island, we didn’t venture down the steps, but there were even allotments on the island, how cool is that?

We walk back to the city centre and had a quick look round the museum and a wander along  a couple of streets.

It started to rain on the way home so we were very lucky with the weather. 

We have watched a film this evening and had our tea. Just taking it easy now. Anya will be on her way back to Peterborough tomorrow.