Squirrels and fireworks

Hello from an increasingly chilly Scotland! Got out the leg warmers, boots, stockings, gloves and scarves!

Tim and I have managed to do a bit more exploring when the weather has been kind enough to allow it. We went to the spectacular Caerlaverock Castle, just down the road from Dumfries. It is a beautiful, medieval, triangular castle with a moat around it! We had a fantastic day in this 13th century stone building, admiring how much of the original castle remained. Photos just don't seem to do it all justice and show it off properly. Tim especially enjoyed the stories of the famous 1300 siege when the English army attacked the Scottish Castle, defended by only 60 men! Unfortunately the Scots surrendered after only 2 days.

We had a fantastic, if fresh, day walking through the forest at the Ken Dee Marshes near Castle Douglas. Aaaand.... I found my red squirrel!!!! :-) :-) :-) so we've finally seen one, he was very busy foraging on the forest floor and didn't even notice us. Super cute and I look forward to watching more! The forest walk had 2 bird hides along the route and we enjoyed getting to know the Scottish birds at the feeding boxes. It was the first big-ish frost and some of the puddles were still completely frozen at 14:30! We'll have to remember to wrap up before our next walk, no more shorts and t-shirts!

Remember remember the 5th of November... we celebrated Guy Fawkes night in Glasgow with Megan and James. We planned to make our way to the fireworks in the Glasgow Green, but unfortunately the subway was unexpectedly closed and taxis were useless! So plan B, we walked up to the University and watched the fireworks from the top of Glasgow. The setting was beautiful with the gorgeous University behind us and fireworks across the whole city in front of us!

The next morning we had some time to enjoy the art and museum at Kevin Grove gallery, before heading back to the train and home to Dumfries. It was a short but sweet stay and good introduction to a beautiful city we hope to explore some more later on!

So that's all of our recent news in a nutshell, I hope you will like my photies attached. In other news, I've only got 2 weeks of work left, and the we're planning a couple of days on the Isle of Man and then we're heading South! Decided to go home for Christmas, so will see everyone back home soon! :-) lots of love to everyone! Special love and thoughts to Anne and all of her chicken pox. Hx ♥♥♥