Fun, fit and food

We have just had a brilliant weekend at Boat of Garten. We rushed up after work on Friday and Alison had prepared a delicious dinner - I was very impressed all weekend at how much of the food was grown in their garden; beetroot, raspberries and blueberries. On Saturday the weather forecast was much better for the west, so Hugh very kindly drove us eighty miles westwards and James and Alison went to walk a 20 km section of the West Highland Way from Strathfillan to Fort William. It also had about 700 metres of ascent so was quite a big walk. Meanwhile Hugh and I went for a walk at Glen Nevis, from the very end of the road to the "hidden valley" where the wire bridge is. It was lovely, I really like the way the path opens out into the valley and I have fond memories of going there when the boys were wee. Back up near the visitors' centre we had time for a very pleasant lunch at the Glen Nevis Restaurant before meeting James and Alison at the end of their walk. Cakes and coffee all round!

We went to our favourite restaurant - Anderson's - on Saturday evening and it was great - I was glad of the walk back to the cottage so that I could digest all the gorgeous food including the home made ice creams. I'm not usually a fan of ice cream but this is exceptional! 

On Sunday we went clay pigeon shooting at Rothiemurchus; great fun although I wasn't on top form - my first, more instinctive shot at each section was usually the best and then I would think about it too much and miss the rest. Then we went on "the triangle"walk before ending up at the Rothiemurchus café where I had beautiful Cullen skink. What a great weekend.