Out early, well … early for me on a bright Thursday morning. I was going to meet my brother for a short photo walk. I’d been warned that I had to be back in Cumbersheugh by 3pm or I’d turn into a pumpkin. I’ve been a pumpkin before and I didn’t want to repeat the experience.
I met Alex at his house and we drove over to Chatelherault and went for out usual coffee. It gives us a chance to catch up on what the other has been doing in the last week or two. The rainy weather we’d both been through recently meant that neither of us had been doing much photography, and for me at least, it was mostly indoors photography which sometimes gives me the chance to try something new, but can also be a drag. Today we agreed on a walk over the Duke’s Brig.
We’d hardly started when we both spotted a robin sitting on a fence post next to the path we were following. It was a cheeky wee bird that kept hopping along the fence as we followed it. I got a few decent shots of it and one in particular with the robin against a sparkly bokeh background became the PoD. I’ll admit that it was close run thing with a grab shot I got of two Corgies getting their photos taken, but the robin won.
We walked over the bridge and on to the Cadzow Oaks. Some eejits had started a fire at the base of the 500+ years old trees, but someone with sense had put out the fire before it could take hold. I sometimes wonder at the mentality of these people.
I was being careful and made sure I had enough time to drop Alex off at his house and leave myself enough time to get back home by 3pm, but not before we had another coffee (for me) and a juice (for Alex). We agreed that we’d try to get out again next week.
Drove back to Cumbersheugh and picked up Scamp and we drove over to Coatbridge for a meeting with her specialist who took us through Scamp’s recent meeting with the Dundee team and checked her for changes to her Essential Tremor. There had been some changes, but only slight.
Tomorrow, Scamp is hoping to go to FitSteps as usual on a Friday. Me? I may tidy up my room, but only maybe!