Braemar (again!)

Dodgy journey up to Braemar on Friday night - it took me over an hour to get from Gav's flat to the Forth Road Bridge (normally 15 mins), I hit a deer rounding a corner just out of Blairgowrie (felt awful but there was nothing I could do) and then got practially blown over the top of Glenshee in white-out conditions which came on very suddenly. I was really happy to roll down the hill into Braemar and get the fire going at the house! Fiona & Bernard, Neil & Ruth were all coming from Glasgow but got stuck in Blairgowrie about half an hour behind me as the road was closed. Feee (with her distinguised third 'e') and Bernard (or is it Bertrum?! haha) decided to come round via Aberdeen, while Neil & Ruth opted to stay in the car (brave effort). First time I'd seen Feee since being home so despite them arriving just before 2am (they took a few wrong turns) we sat up yakking until 5:45am. Needless to say, we weren't up and about too early the next day.









I went running late morning and the three of us climbed Morrone in the afternoon....the sun came out so with plenty of snow on the hills it was a beautiful afternoon. N & R had a good day skiing (except poor visibility higher up) and we all had a great laugh playing Pictionary and Taboo in the evening. (Fiona's Mardi Gras pictures were outrageous).

Happy Mother's Day!! (Mum & Dad in Zermatt, Switzerland, probably with slightly better skiing conditions than Glenshee)

On Sunday we walked from Linn of Dee to the Quoich, trudging through some pretty deep snow on the top and making our own trail down the other side - those without Goretex boots had pretty cold & wet feet but it was a really nice walk and the weather was fantastic. Back for a quick tidy up before heading south again...great fun weekend, feel so lucky to have the house in Braemar (thanks mum & dad!)