And run! We did a 2-2.5 mile circuit walk today from Pitlochry to Edradour distillery through the Black Spout forest, past a 150 foot waterfall (pictures coming soon) and then down through Moulin. Unfortunately the distillery was just closing by the time we got there, so no wee dram for us today. But we enjoyed our …

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Greetings from Scotland! It took us three trains and 9 hours to make it from Brighton to Pitlochry in the Perthshire highlands, but here we are, ensconced in a cute little cottage with WiFi and an electric heater with 1£ coin meter. We do have the heat turned on. But it’s a pleasant chill, and green green all around, …

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These are the keys to our flat. How did I not feel their familiar bulge in my jeans pocket when Sam and I left the flat this afternoon? Luckily I had my mobile in my other pocket, and we were able to fetch AC’s keys from him at his office, a mere 15 minute walk away.

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Paper bag stuffed with newspaper, cardboard paper towel tube, and lots of tape. The blow pipe, chanter and drones don’t actually work, of course, but Sam makes a capable bagpipe hum. (And yes, thanks to this craft I now know the anatomy of the bagpipe.) Craft idea courtesy of Crayola. I think now we’re ready for our …

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Molly Bear sports her new kilt and tam o’shanter, just in time for our trip to Scotland next week. Scotland is also our Country Club country this month. (That does feel like a bit of a cheat, but the opportunity was too good to pass up. Besides, this way I don’t have to cook anything like haggis.) Trip preparations and …

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I love these electronic displays at the bus stops in Brighton. (Though we were in Hove, actually.)

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“Mom, why is my name up there?!” “Because they really want you to try out this ballet class?” Sam did her first ballet class at the Wendy Whatling School of Dance today. I just love the name. The combination of alliteration and the way the English pronounce the short vowel A in the last name makes it sound so… proper. …

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View from our flat of runners coming down Kings Road, the home stretch of the marathon.

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AC sails into his birthday at the Brighton Marina. He is spending this weekend taking the level one Dingy RYA (Royal Yachting Association) course through Hove Lagoon Sports. Sam and I met him for lunch at the Marina and then watched him and the instructor and one other student motor their way out of the busy marina …

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Our stuff arrived from California today!

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