After a pleasant day on Saturday doing shopping, housework and cooking, culminating in Janet and Peter coming for dinner and a really nice evening, James decided that it would be a good idea for us to take some exercise today. This took the form of a walk and after some thought James lighted on the idea of taking the train to Larkhall and walking from there into Chatelherault Country Park. And so we set off by train. I was a bit preoccupied because I hadn't heard from Jamie for a week even though I have sent him a few emails, and I was wondering if he was ok. James suggested that I send him a text (Jamie doesn't like this because it hikes up his phone bills), and when we were on the train to Larkhall I got a reply (from someone else's phone because his provider is not allowing him to send texts), assuring me that he is all right and in fact is now in Melbourne! This cheered me up immensely. James had printed off maps from his Memory Map software and we set off from Larkhall station towards Millheugh through very pleasant roads and lanes. We crossed the river and climbed a very overgrown path up towards the park, which we entered from its southern end. Soon we were in familiar territory as we made our way to Chatelherault, which has been one of our haunts for many years. We had lunch there and I was very glad that we could eat outside in the courtyard because I was very hot! The day was very warm and although not in the league of Kakadu it doesn't take much for me to overheat! Then we continued on our merry way out of the park and into Hamilton where we got a train back to Cambuslang. It was a goodly walk - eight and a half km - and we chatted about all sorts of things on the way, it was great.
Meanwhile Alasdair was on his way north from Oxford by bus, he was not impressed with the gruelling nine hour journey and was a bit grumpy when I collected him from the bus station. Grandma came round for tea, as she does every Sunday, and Ally was telling us about his adventures in London; Jennifer and Russell have been very good to him. In addition to arranging his work experience, which he found extremely interesting, they were very hospitable to him and Jennifer even collected him late last night from the London bus stop when he had been at a barbecue with friends in London, as well as taking him to the bus station in Oxford today. They have taken good care of him and made him feel very welcome.
Finally I must record something that David said to me this week that I found very amusing. On one of the warm days I was wearing a very short sun dress and I noticed Davie looking at me disapprovingly. I said, "Don't you think it's appropriate for the weather?" to which he replied "I don't think it's appropriate, full stop!"
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