Quote of the Year

"How does not a walk become a walk"

A short bit of background to this quote. We love getting out and about exploring our local areas and encouraging the kids to enjoy the fresh air and some exercise outside. We are not always successful but try our best. We managed quite a few walks this christmas holiday which meant we tried to come up with different ways to describe what we were planning to do each time.

On 29 December we planned to go exploring at Rumblingbridge where there is a really interesting double bridge and an amazing gorge. We said to the kids it is definitely not a walk we were going exploring.

Of course the exploring did involve a short walk of about a mile. About half way round Eilidh (aged 5) asked this question "How does not a walk become a walk". I couldn't answer as I was laughing too much. If anyone has an answer please let me know.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

One of the bonuses of my job is having the full 2 week break over christmas and new year. I am kicking off the blogging for 2009 with some highlights of the last few weeks of 2008. Enjoying Scotland at its best!

Happy Christmas

I hope this Christmas season finds you well and looking forward to 2009. My aim as normal will be to get out and about as much as possible (in between a bit of DIY, looking after kids and helping Beckie with christmas type stuff).
I had a fun spin on the bike this morning at Devilla forest. On one particularly muddy stretch of the track I pretty much face planted about 10 seconds before 2 horseriders came round the corner. By the time they appeared I had got up and walked my bike past them. They thought I was very polite dismounting to let them passed so I didn't think it necessary to say exactly what had happened.
Granny is entertaining the girls tomorrow so hoping to hike up Bishops Hill with Beckie.

Festive Fun

This is a bit of a cheat because this Santa Ski actually happened in 2007 but as it is the only festive photo I have I thought I would put it up for a laugh. The skiing santas are myself and friend Johnny Mitchell.

3-7 November - Staff Development Week

29 September - Elgin

We travelled up to Elgin for the weekend as Beckie had a days work up there. The only mishap on route was Beckie running over a rabbit. The bikes were loaded and I hoped to have a look at the Moray Monster trails and persuade the girls to have a go ot one of the blue trails.
We ditched this idea and found a woodland path just outside Elgin marked green. A green trail can be quite a challenge for a 5 year old and Beth also managed to take a tunble on a muddy patch.
It was a great family adventure with great views over the Moray Firth.

20 & 21 September - Wolftrax

Beckie organises a weekend trip to Wolftrax for our wedding anniversary. How cool is that. Fortunately the mishap on Ayers Rock was on the last day.