Mistletoe and wine -

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus
Right down Santa Claus Lane
Vixen, Blitzen, all his reindeer
Pulling on the reins
Bells are ringing, children singing
All is merry and bright
Hang your stockings and say a prayer
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight

We got caught in Santa Claus lane, but luckily all the reindeer were already for sale as venison burgers at the farmers' market.

(No Santas were harmed in the making of this page)

Embra again - can't stay away

Lunch :)

We like Rekorderlig: In this case it was the Winter one, and I am looking for it in the shops.  After that we headed along Princes Street to end up at the German market.  I like the idea of the market, but would like most people to stay away and give me a little space.  I would like to buy the food, and drink the glühwein, but when I get there, I can't even get my arms out of my pockets....

German market

Tea?

Waiting for the tram.

That's not us on the bench by the way.

October by the seaside

I looked at the map of Scotland, and decided it was time to go where no Candlish had gone before. 

So on a misty Sunday morning we took the caravan and headed off to the dark south-west: down the M74 to Dumfries, along the A77 to Newton Stewart, and off the beaten track, to Garlieston.

Here are some of the photos:

Fiona the I20 runs out of warranty

Fiona has been my trusty steed since 2010, and came with a 5 year or 60000 mile warranty. So far, I have only had to replace the tyres and get some bits for brakes. (I am not very technical!) So with sadness, we passed together from 59999 to 60000 miles today and you would expect a photo to mark the occasion.

She is staying in the family as one of the wage-sappers has requested that she might be allowed to keep her once she passes her driving test.  The jury is out.

Here's to the next 60000 miles.

A blustery day in Aberdeenshire

With the girls off at Guide Camp, we found ourselves with a couple of nights away in Aberdeenshire.

So we had a meal out in Aberdeen city, then spend the next day heading up the coast to Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Pennan.  

I bought a trombone. You weren't expecting that now.

We like Pennen, and this time we visited with a working clutch on the car, so I was a little more confident that we would get away from the village again!

Then collect the girls from camp on the Sunday, and home. 

Fraserburgh Harbour

Silver bells

25 years have passed since we started in on this wedded bliss thing, so to celebrate, we took the wage-sappers out for a steak.

I'm not waiting another 25 years before going back. It was great.

Embra

Glasgow's not really miles better - but it had the commonwealth games

Everyone said that Glasgow was the place to be - thousands of people have come to Scotland to see the games.  We are known for our committment to sports and thought we might take a wee trip through to Scotland's second city, and see what all the fuss was about.

 

 

It was a good day.

 

We didn't actually see any sport!