Must be time for St Andrews again?

I had nothing organised for this weekend and Mum and Dad hadn't made any plans either. It was a great shock to wake on Saturday morning and find it not raining and great news when Dad suggested we take a trip to St Andrews!

So off we went. First stop, 1 Gold Place for lunch where as usual, fish and chips were consumed! After that, we had a wee wander down to the West Sands where lots of people were playing beach volleyball on what was left of the beach. Mum and Dad commented on how far in the tide was, with Dad saying he'd never seen it so far in. It wasn't until the next day that we discovered it was a supermoon that night and that had contributed to the high tide. I tried to take part in the volleyball but the university girls seemed much more interested in Dad. At least that's what he wishes!

Then we went for a walk up the town with Dad trying to get us lost in an effort to find a geocache he thought would be good. This geocache was in a beautiful quad behind the chapel and as we arrived a wedding party were just leaving the chapel so there were a good number of guests about. The description of the geocache says the inside of the chapel is amazing with the light coming through the stained glass windows but the wedding meant we couldn't see so we'll need to return. We did get the geocache though after a bit of searching! The quad was pretty cool even without access to the chapel.

Mum had left the Historic Scotland cards in the car so we couldn't go into the castle this time but Dad did tell me where the end of the tunnel was in the street outside. I shouted "hello" through the grate and was a little shocked when someone below shouted "hello" back to me! It was a wee bit exciting though!

And after a wee play at the cathedral we were set for an ice cream from Luvians and a wander back to the car for the a long sleep drive home.

Just for fun, here's a wee pic we took of ourselves while waiting for lunch.

Stairs

This is the only way it's possible to get from upstairs to downstairs in our house at the moment...

And sometimes it's the way for getting from downstairs to upstairs, too!

Fife Coast

Today we had to go to Fife. Mum had a thing she had to do in the morning so Dad and me went to see Gran and Grandad for a few hours and then after picking her up we all had to go looking at curtain fabric at a place in Kirkcaldy. Luckily Dad let me plays games on his iPhone or I think I'd have gone mad. It's bad enough with Dad going mad without me doing it too.

Anyway, remarkably, when we finished looking at curtains (and leaving empty-handed) it had turned into a beautiful sunny day. Dad took us home the scenic route and we stopped a couple of times - once at the beach at Kirkcaldy and once under the Forth Bridge. It was all really very pretty, fun and cool.

I am in the first two pictures. Can you see me?

The moon is in the next two pictures - can you spot it?

Fishing at Beecraigs

I said we'd be back! It's been a really nice day today so we've come back to Beecraigs to do some fishing. That's another of the 50 things to do before you're 11 and 3/4 done!

There were plenty little fish to see but they are extremely difficult to catch. Luckily there was another young lad there who'd caught a few and was able to teach us the knack - you have to be extremely quick and just lunge the net straight in and under them. That technique took a lot of mastering and after Mum and Dad had managed to catch a fish or two each it was looking like I might not succeed. But then, just before we had to leave to come home, I caught one!

We also saw frogs and a couple of leeches while we were there. The other boy picked up the leech! Rather him than me. I got to have a frog in my hands which was really cool. I'm still not sure who had more fun there though - me or Mummy!

Tree Climbing at Beecraigs

After a day spent mostly indoors, we headed out late in the afternoon to Beecraigs to check out their new park. It's been complete for months but on our previous attempts to visit, all car parks, including overflow car parks, have been full (and I've been asleep in the back of our car) so we've just come away again. Today that wasn't the case though!

We played a lot on the zip line and Dad and I climbed the climbing frame. He won the race. At least, he's typing this and that's what will be recorded in history.

Dad got his phone out and decided we should try to collect a geocache or two. I didn't really want to leave the park but Mum and Dad insisted and I'm glad they did! We passed a wee pond with lots of fish in it - we'd need to return to that with my net to get another of my 50 things to do before I'm 11 and 3/4. We headed into the wood to find the cache and it was a lot like exploring. And then cache was in a very cool tree and I had to climb it to get to the cache! It was great fun! Can't wait to come back.

Cycling in the Sun

Dad and me popped out for a cycle in the sun. Thought we'd share this cool picture of our shadows...

Rolling Down a Hill

Today it was pretty cold. But it was also mostly sunny. When it wasn't sunny it snowed, which was interesting, but it didn't snow for very long. We went to the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore to meet a friend of Mum's and her son who is a friend of mine. We'd been there yesterday and had a lot of fun so we thought it would be a good place to go again to play.

And play we did! We played at the park, we explored in the woods, and we found a nice hill to roll down. Rolling down a really big hill is one of the 50 things to do before you're 11 and 3/4. Dad's had me try it before but I've never enjoyed it because I always ended up rolling in circles. I managed to get a much better hang of it this time though and my friend and I rolled down the hill for ages while the Mums and Dads explored the 1700s township.

I asked my friend what his Dad did for a living at one point. The conversation went a bit like this:
Me: "What does your dad do?!"
Him: "He's a painter."
Me: "What?!"
Him: "He's a painter."
Me: "What?!" (we were running about and I couldn't hear very well)
Him: "He paints things!"
Me: "Well my Dad works at Sky and when we watch the telly we get it for free!"

We also found a few more wildcats. Dad had spotted these in Newtonmore the day before and while driving through we'd counted how many we could see in people's gardens, on garage roofs and elsewhere. We'd managed seven and figured we'd done quite well - there would only be about 10 or so, surely? We asked at the museum how many there are and it turns out there are about 150! We did find some more at the museum with my friend though!