The excitement mounts.... 10 days to flight day...we tried the the tent out, its easy to put up and take down even in a force 7 gale, it felt quite roomy and hopefully will be watertight. Its at least twice as big as the one we used on the last USA road trip! Dr Fred was gladdened when he went to buy it and went to the outside display bit to check it out fully set up and discovered that it was one of the few left standing after some pretty dire prolonged wind and rain - and believe me if it gets that dire we will be in a hotel type establishment!!
The second half of the week continued in much the same vein. We had one rainy afternoon which was actually quite nice to be holed up in the house with the rain lashing the windows. It probably wasn't quite so nice for the two visitors that came on their bikes but they're tough cookies - and its only water- but I did feel sorry for them having to cycle six miles back down the track in the wind and rain, but given Scotland, it wasn't as bad as it could be. The big quest for the 2nd half of the week was to find some deer antiers! The chap that owned the house dropped in to visit - he was a very friendly fella and was chatting about how this was the time of year when all the Stags lost their antlers (he collected them and sold them) so after that we were on the serious lookout. It's always been Fred's mission to find some dropped antlers.... The Monro baggers continued with the mission to bag the remaining three Monros... there is discussion as whet...
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