Snowdrops and Sika deer

James and I went for a walk along the Clyde Walkway this morning, from home to the David Livingstone centre in Blantyre. It was a fine morning and a really pleasant walk; mostly beside the river and sometimes through woodland and fields. We saw a Sika deer bounding through long grass very near to us and saw big crested goosander ducks paddling down the river. As we approached Bothwell Castle we were treated to steep slopes covered in snowdrops which looked very pretty in the sunlight. When we arrived at the David Livingstone centre the café was closed which we had sort of expected since it's so early in the year, but luckily James had resourcefully brought a flask of coffee and some biscuits which we consumed while sitting on a bench in the gardens.