James, Ally, Davie and I walked round the Heritage Park this evening in glorious sunshine, following another day of heavy showers. The sky was a beautiful light blue, as if it had been washed by all the rain, and there were big cotton wool clouds. It was nice to stretch my legs after a very busy day at school and we walked round the loch five times (which is exactly 6 km). We were talking about holidays, past and future; Ally was telling us about some of the adventures that he has planned in South East Asia. Among many adventures he is planning a boat trip to Krakatoa where he and Cat will climb one of its hills and then snorkel from the beach. This really captured my imagination; I have been interested in Krakatoa ever since I first read about it as a child. I was fascinated by the sheer magnitude of the 1883 eruption and also by the effect it had on the whole world; red sunsets for years caused by the ash cloud, high tides recorded as far away as the English channel ports. I would love to go there myself one day.
Back home we watched Game of Thrones and Davie revised for his Higher Biology which is tomorrow.
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