We popped over to Lossiemouth to see the beach there. Got another geocache (another earth cache - Dad's favourite kind!) but the weather was a bit dull so we decided to head back to the lovely Findhorn. On the way we parked up at Lossiemouth runway to watch the planes. None took off or landed so we left.
On the way we passed Duffus Castle so we swung in. What an amazing find! This was one very cool ruin. The sun was back out and the guys had just finished cutting the grass all around it. It still has its original wet ditch - just like the moat on Dad's sandcastles! This was now an excellent pond and we saw Damsel Flys and hundreds of baby frogs - Mummy kept giving me a row thinking I would be standing on them. But in all honesty, if I stand on one it'll probably be fine, if she stands on one, well...
One of the coolest things there (so say Mummy and Dad anyway) was the original road over the wet ditch bridge and up to the castle. They said they could imagine ox and cart trundling up it and it reminded them of the roads in Pompei.
We tried to do the jump photo in front of the castle. Had loads of goes at it with Dad having to run back to the camera to set the timer after every shot. We finally gave up with no success and then Dad discovered he didn't have a fast enough shutter speed so we're all blurred anyway!
If you click this photo you'll see all the bad attempts at this!
So it was time to have a swordfight with Dad - cause we were at a castle! And while we were fighting, a Tornado flew over and landed at Lossiemouth runway. Typical. Dad could just about see it in a gap between the trees from where he was at the top of the castle mound.
But the day didn't stop there. There was still time to head to Findhorn beach and make the best of the tide before it swallowed up all the sand. Great times!
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