Part 1 (midday) I had a great night's sleep in my wee room in the lodge and woke feeling great. After a slap up breakfast I decided to set off up the hill to Loch Ordie by myself. It's not all that high but I hate walking uphill with other people because I am almost always the slowest - James thinks that this is due to panic and he may well be right, because I have had a great walk so far and I am now having a short rest at the highest point before continuing to the Loch where I will meet the others for lunch. I feel really happy and relaxed. The autumn colours are really lovely; the bracken cloaking the hill is russet and gold and yellow and the weather is glorious - no need for my fleece, I'm just wearing a short sleeved top.
Part 2 (5 p.m.) Well, the rest of the walk was excellent. I met up with my colleagues and also some teachers from another school who I know from my BELA training course, and we all had lunch in the sunshine beside Loch Ordie. I walked back down the hill to the lodges with Carolyn and Shona, chatting all the while and then we sat on the balcony in the sunshine - how nice to be able to sit outside on the 6th October! And now we are on our way to Pitlochry for a curry! On a sad note, the search for missing five year old April Jones has now become a murder inquiry even though no body has yet been found.
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