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Out and About

This weekend we went to the SHR race at Meall a Bhucaille and the 'do' afterwards at Badaguish. He ran while I went up Cairngorm, Alpine style (cafe to cafe)with some friends from the Club. It was a bit damp and windy, but we had a nice day out.

On Sunday 10 of us went to Inshriach to orienteer on the Map of the Month, well technically the map of last month but the controls are still out. It was a lot of fun, chasing each other round the forest in the rain. Somehow I hurt my hip - no idea what I did but it suddenly started hurting and now I'm hobbling like an old man...

We stopped at Inverdruie for lunch, meaning to go to the cafe in the Rothiemurchus estate shop but it was shut. So we went to the diner over the way then bought some venison from the shop for tea. It was very good.

More opera

On Wednesday we went to see the Scottish Opera production of The Barber of Seville. I really enjoyed it - the casting was good, the funny bits were funny and the set was good. I think, that compared to the other productions we've seen this year, it is clear why this one was about £5 dearer. It's not hard to see were that money goes.

Before the show we went for dinner at The Square and took advantage of their split service to come back afterwards for dessert and coffee. I had an autumn fruit cheesecake for pudding, which was rather mauve, but so good.

Winter

It snowed in Aberdeen last night. Not very much but it was still there this morning. Now the sun is out and it's a clear east coast winter day. The wind has dropped thankfully. Hopefully it will stay that way so I can rescue the garden. I was blown off my bike last night on my way home when I got hit by the crosswind at the end of my road. Luckily there was no traffic and I landed on the long grass on the verge, so I bounced.