Wounded Knee On the Ben!

Yesterday we climbed the biggest hill in these parts... Ben Rinnes (840 m or 2752 ft).

Looking down at Roy's Hill, Meikle Conval and little Conval.

Roy's Hill in the foreground, which leads on to Ben Rinnes proper.

Snow... knee-deep and worse.

The top of the hill looking at the trig point, cold, windy, and weather about to take a turn for the worse. We just made it back to the car before heavy rain hit. I twisted my knee on the way down, and I had a wedding dance to go to in the evening. No dancing for me I'm afraid. Mind you, that was yesterday, and it's much better today.

Waiting For Judgement Day!

Ah, I'm working hard just now, like 8am till 9pm pretty much. It's a long day, but my perseverance should soon be rewarded. If that's too cryptic for you, it's called teacher training, and I have a crucial observation coming up. Pass this and the hardest part will be over. It's essential that I pass, but I won't be judged solely on my teaching, but also on 2 portfolios which I have to update and maintain daily. The portfolios must meet very strict criteria, unfortunate, but I don't make the rules, or break them come to think of it. I simply do what I have to to make it through, and at the moment that means working my butt off!

This observation could come as soon as tomorrow, which might be a relief to be honest, but it might be another 2 weeks yet. It's like waiting for the executioner, but hopefully with a less grisly ending. I missed my post yesterday, simply because I was maxed out, and today's as bad, but I'm slightly more recovered from my cold. I'd say I'm nearer 90% now, which is a vast improvement form the weekend, that's for sure.

So, I haven't been to a wedding for years, but it looks like I might finally be going to one in August, and no plain affair either. I suspect it's going to be very lavish and possibly even over the top, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Orbiting the Dance Floor!

I was at a a wedding dance last night. The wedding actually took place a while back, but for certain reasons, which I know nothing about, the dance was held off until yesterday. Anyway, on this occasion the kids were staying with their granny, allowing us free reign to consume copious amounts of alcohol, which we (I at least :-}) proceeded to partake of! In fact I probably drank more last night than I have anytime for several years.

So was I ill? Not at all! Was I drunk? Well, oddly I felt more drunk when I got up this morning than I did last night! So, all in all, it was a good night. I probably chose the wrong day to do this, but today I've been trying to set-up a digi-box I got from someone, because our old one had started playing up, freezing and getting stuck on certain channels. It was becoming a pain! So, I've got the new box in, but it looks as though I have to move the dish, because the card that came with it is for a different sattelite. My dish is conveniently located about 12 feet up the side of the house, so I'll need a ladder for that! I did buy a special little tuning gadget several weeks ago, having forseen this occasion well in advance. It was £3 from Lidl. I don't like Lidl, but sometimes they have some interesting things on sale.

To be honest with you, I am starting to get a small hangover, but nothing a spot of lunch won't remedy. I might have to call a man with a ladder in this afternoon to assist in repositiong my sattelite dish, but hey, that's what daddies are for right? Of course he'll want it reciprocating in some way that will mean he gets more out of it than I do, because that's how he operates. No doubt, there's some small painting job at the parents house, with my name on it!