I was a bit downbeat in my last post but I am much cheered by the very nice phone calls and text messages of support that I have received - thank you Jennifer and Heather. And I have started to change my eating and exercise habits starting now. While I was out at Book Club last night James planned a walk for us for today around Brig O'Turk in the Trossachs. The weather was sunny and mild all day and it was a really pleasant woodland walk through woods and beside Loch Venachar and up to the Finglas Dam. We walked about 8 km. James pointed out lots of wildlife to me like two golden eagles, a deer, and the highlight - an osprey flying low across the dam. There were also lots of cows who were either pregnant or with wee calves, and the trees were full of tiny twittering birds. It's always a nature walk when James is around! It also turned out to be a literary walk! We followed a sign to a waterfall where Millais had painted a portrait of John Ruskin in the summer of 1853. You can still clearly see the rock that he stood on and the rocks behind him with the waterfall rushing among them. It was during that summer in the Trossachs that Ruskin's wife Effie fell in love with Millais; she went on to marry him. We had lunch at the Brig O'Turk tearoom and it was warm enough to sit outside; the menu was very good and we both had delicious steak sandwiches.
We went to see the film Iron Man 3 at Braehead this evening and it was great fun. Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow were both on good form and Ben Kingsley was hilarious. Although it didn't have the impact and novelty of the first Iron Man film it still held my interest and some scenes had me on the edge of my seat. I feel in a much better mood, I wonder if it's because of the exercise?
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