The football World Cup continues to dominate the television, and I’m quite happy to have it on in the background. This evening England are playing Senegal. We’re not long home from the Tarbet Hotel on Loch Lomondside, where we took part in the annual hill-walking club Mince Pies outing. Since it usually takes place in the first week of December, I always think that it marks the beginning of our Christmas season. I prepared a quiz for the occasion in two parts; a general Scottish / hill-walking section and a picture round in which the contestants had to identify twelve well-known walkers / climbers. It seemed to go very well, and everyone joined in enthusiastically. As a wee joke, two of the well-known walkers to be identified were Willie and Bob; I used photos from their much younger days that I found on the club website.
Santa aka Steven made his usual appearance with secret Santa Christmas gifts for all, and the three children who were at the outing were very excited. They were three of Heidi’s grandchildren; Meghan, Maren and Kerr, and they were absolutely delightful - pleasant and polite. I had arranged a matchbox treasure hunt for them to do during the walk and they all filled their matchboxes correctly and imaginatively, and were very appreciative of their prizes. And here we are back home watching the football. It’s just after half time and looking very good for England at 2 - 0 so far.
* By full time it was 3 - 0.
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