London´s calling

Well we´ve made it safely to London.

The hotel certainly has some ´charm´ - but that´s what you get in a place built in the 1850s. Our room is the size of a small walkin robe and slopes in four different directions. That said it will be perfect for the next week and we´re currently looking out onto Hyde Park from our bed (not that there is any room to sit anywhere else).

We need to download photos to the computer from the last week so once we do that we´ll try and post again tomorrow. (Happy with that Kek?)

Alistair

Edinburgh weekend

Here are Carol, Alistair and I at Tigerlily for drinks. Note the Mojito - and my desperation to drink it! There is also the ever present whisky for Derek and Alistair - he has now had 18 different whiskies and counting. I´ve also sampled nearly that many - when in Scotland, do as the Scots do. It sure helps ward off the cold.

We had a great weekend of shopping, dining and wandering around Edinburgh with Derek and Carol.


This is Tigerlilly from the outside. We we had great dinner and drinks on here on Sunday night.














Here is Edinburgh Castle with some random woman who wandered into shot.

Alistair got some new shoes

Alistair got some gorgeous Churchs (why doesnt my apostrophe work?!?) for Valentines Day. They are a lovely dark green colour.

Some of our purchases

Amanda got shoes for g0ing out.













She also got a lovely Mulberry bag that is a much darker colour than it looks here.

Derek and Carol's

Here are some photos of Derek and Carol's (Alistair's cousins) street. They are kind enough to let us stay with them while we are in Aberdeen and are also showing us around. We are heading to Edinburgh with them on the weekend.

Alistair's Granny

Today we went to visit Alistair's Granny at Blythewood House.

It was wonderful to meet the woman who I had only spoken to on the phone previously.

Alistair's uncle Ian was kind enough to come and pick us up and take us there.

Granny has asked us to visit her again before we leave.

Mum2, I hope you like the photos :)

The naughty little puppy we spend lots of time with

Here is Bodie - the dog of boundless energy and jaws of steel.

Bodie is Derek and Carol's (Alistair's cousins) dog. We are staying with Derek and Carol and Bodie stops me from missing my boys too much. He is a beagle cross spaniel (allegedly cocker, more likely springer). He is absolutely gorgeous, but doesn't know when to stop.

He loves playing in the snow.