Unpacking and walk into Dunkeld

 This morning I unpacked and got the washing ready for later. I went out and had a look round the garden, the weeds haven’t grown as much as I had imagined they would. The lovely fir tree in a pot has lots of new growth.

I put four lupins in earlier in the year. One is now in bloom, one has a bud and the other two look like they have given up!

The bonsai trees are doing well.

And two sticks have growth.

Tina’s brother and his wife called in on their way further north which was nice. We had been going to go to the cathedral to see the canvasses but Tina hasn’t been well this week and is still not right so I went on my own. I went along the river path and it wasn’t too muddy. The ferns and wild flowers have grown and it is very green.

I did go and see the canvasses, they put a red spot on ones that had already been sold, one of mine had been sold which is good. I bought two and will post them when I collect them. They will be on display tomorrow so plenty of time for more to be bought. Then I went into The Clootie Dumpling and had some Clootie dumping and a pot of tea. I loved the tea timer!

Lots of cream with that pudding.

I had a wander in the town and got some sausage rolls for our tea.  I was feeling really tired and my hip then knee had been painful so I took advantage of benches on the way back! This flower was in a bed in the town and I loved that it looked like stars.

While the washing was on I started the wooden jigsaw. Only 250pieces but it will be very tricky. There are lots of bits that look straight edged but aren’t and then there are the peculiar shapes, let alone the sameness of the picture!

Still feeling quite weary but travelling is tiring.

Heading home

 Had a restful morning once I was packed and had the last cuddles with Aurora. Anya took one of us together yesterday evening.

Anya drove me to the station and saw me onto the train at 12.52 pm I had a good seat and there was room for my case on the rack so all was well. Anya took a couple of pics of a Pullman train on one of the other platforms and sent them to me.

I arrived at Edinburgh about 3.40 pm but had plenty of time to go to the loo and get a snack. Great bike storage on the second train.

Arrived at home at 19.38 pm, we had called in the shop on the way back to the station, Tina met me and pulled the case back which was nice. Have had my feet up and watched Katie Boulter get into the semi final at Queens. Won’t be late to bed!

Another nice catch up and a fantastic exhibition.

 Weather wise the day has not been good, it started raining as I made my way to the bus stop this morning and hasn’t let up since. I was meeting Mike in Peterborough and we had a coffee once I got there. I had passed Paddington on my way through Queensgate!

Then we went to the cathedral to ‘The Longest Yarn - A Thread Through History’. An exhibition of the events of the Second World War recorded it knitting and crochet. I took about 100 photos so will be selective in my posting. The were long panels covered in poppies, flags etc, all knitted and several post pox toppers and then 80 cabinets of different episodes of the war with incredible detail and ingenuity. Also some dressed dummies, it was really quite mind blowing. So I will endeavour to pick out a selection and not get too carried away!

There were many more, eighty in all. As an extra bonus the dinosaur was still there.

That’s it for photos. We went and had fish and chips and then I went to get the screen saver replaced on my phone and we wandered through Queensgate. We caught a bus to Lincoln Road and had a drink in a new cafe I had spotted and then Mike walked home and I caught another bus and arrived back at Rachel’s soggy, but it had been a very enjoyable day.

Back to Anya’s tonight and heading back to Scotland tomorrow.