Lovely, sunny May.

I'm not really sure why I haven't blogged at all since half way through May. The weather has been lovely and I took a week off my NHS work too. My leg's getting a lot better and because of the rest both legs are feeling fresher than they have in a good while.  I'm trying to keep doing some cycling and keeping my mileage down so as not to re-injure myself. I've not heard anything more about my heart and I hope it's not irresponsible to say so but the thought of sudden cardiac death kind of spices up what otherwise might be a fairly mundane run...

I've been up in the Pentlands which was nice, and....

I went a wee run to Porty, which was nice, and...

Another run at Gullane on a day when the wind was making the wispy clouds make the sky look astonishing, and...

We went a cycle up the canal and then down to Blackness Castle along by the shore. This was a good adventure in terms of finding new routes and seeing the big pink bings close up. It wasn't a good adventure for food though. We ended up starving and had to buy whatever we could find in the National Trust shop at Blackness Castle (we were starting to shout at each other - uh-oh, low blood sugar) - which was crisps, fudge and vending machine coffee. The point of a good cycle is to eat something nice in a cafe.

I was on a course over the weekend so was very pleased I wasn't working Monday. The sun came out and Peter and I went back to the coast. He got immersed in the Marl Loch and involved with some dragon-flies while I headed to the shore because I was just too damn hot.

Here he comes at last.

2 Lovely Runs

On Sunday we went down to Gullane. Again. And headed east to Yellowcraigs, taking in the woods, and then back from Dirleton to Gullane. A little under nine miles. On our way we encountered much wildlife.

I was just saying in the woods that there weren't any butterflies when suddenly we were surrounded by Spotted Woods. Peter got some amazing photos but tragically his computer has gone under after wheezing like an asthmatic for several years now. Maybe they can be recovered and maybe they can't.

Sometimes it's irksome when Peter gets lost looking at things. This time it was "stones with writing on them." It was a lovely day though and I wasn't bothered at all.

Back at home I discovered something nasty down the side of the shower.

There was a whole other story after this but it's late and I need to get to bed.

 Today we should have been heading up the road to Scrabster to get to Orkney for the Hoy Half at the weekend. We both got in from work at about 7pm last night though - and both of us had taken 2 soakings on our bikes on a day of wall to wall rain. I suggested we put the trip off a day. We'd have today to get organised. And it looked like it was going to be sunny. So before packing and getting organised, we went down to Gullane for another run....we went the same run...

The world was brand new after a solid day of rain.

It's amazing what you find on the woodland floor.

Deer in the long grasses.

 I spent ages trying to get a crisp picture of wee birds on a waving stick. Did I mention it was windy? Don't know what these are....

Then climbed up a tree only to nearly fall out when I discovered I was surrounded by tree coloured bugs! Don't know what they are either...

But there was an army of them.

A quick selfie while Buchanan is in the toilet taking pictures of himself in the mirror.

So it's after 10pm and it seems we have not packed for tomorrow yet! Better get moving.