Yesterday Ally and Cat got up early and headed up to the top of the golf course to sledge and ski. We have seen a lot of people sledging on its fairly steep slopes over the last couple of months - whenever there has been snow - but Ally and Cat are the first skiers we have seen. We followed them up the hill about an hour later and took some photos and videos of them skiing. They didn’t let the fact that they only had one set of skis hold them back; Cat hopped onto the front of the skis and wielded the ski poles while Ally was anchored to the skis by his boots. Ally did a fair bit of skiing by himself too, while Cat sledged. Of course this meant that they had to climb up the slopes again and again, but they were full of the energy of youth. It was very cold up at the top. At the end of the morning I gave Ally a lift from the bottom of the golf club right up to the top near Nerston so that he could have a final long run, which he enjoyed.
On our return home I got a phone call with the sad news of the death of our friend Margaret’s Dad, Norman. He died of Covid. It has been expected for the last few days, but the news was so sad when it came. He was a lovely man who lived a long and good life.
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