James and I decided to go for a walk today and I suggested Meikle Bin in the Campsies, a favourite hill of mine because it has a long and pleasant walk in to the forest before the final ascent up the hill itself. We have walked up Meikle Bin many times before, often with the children, and today we reminisced about a lovely snowy winter walk there a few years ago with Heather and Ewan. The weather was a bit rainy; the forecast had promised us a dry morning but the afternoon rain came along early. Luckily we had brought waterproofs, but we were laughing because every time that it dried up a bit and I took off my beanie hat, the rain would come on harder! When we came out of the trees onto the hill, we felt the full force of the wind as well, it was making me stagger about! We got up to the top and went over the brow of the hill to a sheltered spot where we had a really nice cup of coffee and some cereal bars. The views over the Carron Valley reservoir were gorgeous, we could see the shadows of the clouds moving over the green forest and there were swallows flying about below us. Further away, we could see the ariver Forth and Longannet Power Station. Inevitably, the rain started again so we made our way back down the hill, chatting all the way.
I felt a bit cold in the car because my trousers were a bit damp so when I got home I jumped into a hot bath and reflected on how I hadn't appreciated how lovely and hot Berlin was a week ago!
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