and back again

This week's trip was a quick one - to Kinlochewe in Wester Ross. I drove out with Dave and Joan on Monday, gathered pine cones and needles on Tues and Wed morning and then drove back to Aberdeen for a work meeting on Thursday. As promised, the scenery was amazing. Tuesday afternoon's weather was almost frightening, and the use of a partially submerged telephone pole as a bridge to cross a deep burn made things interesting too. It also convinced me to leave my camera in the car, however, so y'all don't get to see the good stuff - it's all in my head. Unless you want to come visit, of course. The scenery came with more difficult-to-pronounce names of course. Some of the highlights were Beinn Eighe (which sounds the same as what people say when I introduce myself in Queensland - Ben ay?), Slioch, Loch Maree and Lochcarron. here's a bit of what I had to deal with:
The rest of the week has flown by. I'm heading into town tonight, hoping to catch some of the Aberdeen Jazz Festival. Tomorrow I'm heading to Dundee to see Kaska and Jim from Canberra (now of Dundee) at Kaska's birthday party. I took my car to the mechanics today but no news yet, so I'm catching the 'megabus' to Dundee. Kaska told me "it's murder... but it should be ok." Great. In good news, Jane's visa application was approved so she can definitely join me over here before too long. I'm now expecting visits over the next few months from Mum and Dad and DJ Dave Donuts too. Nest week will see me in the field again, this time north of Inverness at Lairg.

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Residents of the Cunningham Building are changing one by one, but here's a photo of a few of the longer-term stayers and a visitor (Rocio, Sigrun, Charlotte and me)

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