We spent a wet but enjoyable week in Kilmartin Glen where removal of peat to improve the land for agriculture revealed many, many ancient monuments.
In the middle of January we had a few days of remarkably clear atmospheric conditions. The snow clad mountains of the highlands to the west and north of Perth looked close enough to touch!
This unusual garden, originally started in 1908, has been recently restored and is now a popular attraction. We were lucky to visit on a cold December day which gave interesting patterns on the partially frozen water.
October continued the trend of wet weather with much mist and cloud forming on the hills. Autumn colours developed and there were bursts of sunshine.
We always like to go and walk in the mountains around Braemar when the heather is in bloom. Being surrounded by purple, green and the scent of the blooms is an unusual experience.
A local enterprising farm has created a sunflower trail for visitors to enjoy. The trail was made using GPS techniques in the form of a map of Scotland. We had fun walking around it surrounded by a sea of sunflowers which were mostly facing in the same direction. An unusual thing to do in Scotland.
We had the good fortune to visit Kilbryde Castle Gardens and see their abundant snowdrops.
We had a lovely walk through fields by the Tay at Newburgh on a beautiful blue sky day. It looked good enough to swim but was just above freezing!
Finally there was some snow in Scotland so on 5th January after consulting webcams and weather forecasts we set off to Glencoe. We found a little snow and saw a lovely sunset on the way home.
We finally went to visit Drumderg wind farm which we see from the top of the hill in our local park in Perth. It was a day of glorious blue skies with the snow clad high peaks gleaming in the background. Nice to see cattle on the farm too.
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