FAB Scott

This blipfoto thing isn't working out too well for me. This is me being Brains from the Thunderbirds for Mummy. I don't even know what the Thunderbirds are!

Decapitated

Today, Daddy got me to be a model for his blipfoto thing. He spends so much time on that at the moment he's taking less photos of me and not helping me blog enough. Not only that, but he also cut my head off in the photo. I think he needs more practice.

Linlithgow Peel Ranger Day

Today, Mummy took me to Linlithgow Palace where there was a talk and display about birds. It was great fun, we learned about birds, eggs and how to look for evidence of their activity. One of the things we did was to lie down like the roots and branches of a tree. Can you tell which one of these kids is me?

Oliver Twist!

Mummy and me were watching Oliver Twist today and she said I look like him. I don't think so...

Eathie Fossil Beach

Following on from yesterday's Hugh Miller cottage visit, today we went to Eathie beach where fossils are still quite easy to come across. You park at the end of a long path and then make your way down to the beach. Fortunately we really had no idea how far down it was to the beach or we most likely wouldn't have gone! After a long walk, we finally made it. This is the view after quite a long way and still not at the bottom:

At the bottom, the tide was just on its way out so not a lot of the shale containing the fossils was exposed but it soon was. We walked a short way along the beach and managed to find quite a lot of shale, many with ammonite fossils exposed. This was great for everyone except Daddy who was going to have to carry our spoils back up that very long walk up that very steep hill.

We had some lunch and I got my picture taken by the fishing bothy to prove we'd been here. This was for the geocache. It was a special geocache called an earthcache that led us here and we're so thankful. We all had a lot of fun and are very pleased withour finds.

But then came that walk up the hill. Daddy promised me 5 stars if I could stay close to him and not complain all the way up and he stormed on with his heavy bag of rocks. We both left Mummy puffing behind, red-faced from effort and Daddy now wishes he'd taken a photo of that! Eventually we made it to the top with Mummy earning a few stars as well for her efforts and only I made it without wheezing like an old person!

It really was great and I'd love to go back. Apparently in the opposite direction to the one we went there's a great stream and waterfall and the chance to find different and better fossils but I can't see Mummy and Daddy agreeing to face that climb again!

I'll add some photos of the fossils later...

Hugh Miller's Cottage

Today we went to Hugh Miller's cottage in Cromarty. Hugh was a geologist in the early nineteenth century and discovered loads of fossils around the coast near his home. It has poured with rain today so it was really good to find something to do and seeing these amazing fossils was very cool. We also grabbed a wee geocache while in the area!

Nairn Beach... Again

This morning the sun was out so we headed back to Nairn beach. We were better prepared this time but I didn't really want to go deep into the surf and although it was sunnier it wasn't as warm as the other day so I stayed in shorts and t-shirt. I paddle a bit and helped Daddy build a very cool sandcastle. And then destroyed it!




Afterwards we had a picnic on the grass by the car and finished just as the rain came on! Between showers we made it to the park and collected a couple of local geocaches - all this before 1pm! The rain was heavier now so we headed back homewards and stopped in at Culloden Battlefield with out new National Trust for Scotland memberships and did the Gnasher Hunt. After Brodie Castle, I have have now completed two Gnasher Hunts. One more and I get a prize. If I can complete six I'll get an even better prize!