Sheep Heid

It has been a busy old week at school so it has been lovely to relax in good company this weekend. We had lunch today with Janet and Peter at the Sheep Heid Inn in Duddingston. We have never been there before and I loved it! It's so quaint and traditional inside - apparently there has been a pub on this spot selling "liquor and victuals" since 1360. We had a lovely table in a corner and lunch was very tasty - I had a "rhubarb fizz" to drink which was gorgeous.

Duddingston Loch is the setting of the famous painting "The Skating Minister" painted in the 1790s of the Reverend Robert Walker skating across the frozen loch. Today the loch was sparkling blue on this sunny but windy spring day. Back at Janet and Peter's for coffee we petted their remaining cat Monty, he has been through the wars but he's a honey.

This evening Cat came round with Gerry and Christine for a curry - James popped over to Danny Singh's in Shawlands to collect it and it was very nice. We chatted away and of course one of the topics of conversation was a birthday boy who is not here today. It's Alasdair's 21st birthday and he is spending it cross - country skiing and partying in Oslo. Andrew is visiting him this weekend and I hope they are having a great time.