It was Scamp who said: “It’s a nice day, we should go out somewhere.” Where do you fancy? The answer came from both of us. Kilsyth. We can go for a walk round Colzium Estate. My contribution the to he discussion was that we could do a detour to Lidl because my bottle of Hortus Gin is getting low!
So that’s what we did. We drove to one of the parking areas in the estate and walked along through the flowering Azaleas and Rhododendrons, then around the back of the “Big House”. I spotted a Woodpecker flying from a nearby tree. I’d heard it’s ‘Rat – a – tat – tat’ as we were walking through the woods, but this was the first time I’d seen one on the wing for ages.
We walked upstream following the waterfalls of the Colzium Burn and crossed the bridge at the top, where the burn flows in under the Tak Ma Doon road then took the path. From there we took the far easier path down beside the other side of the burn and on to the car park. Not a long walk, but fairly strenuous in places.
We drove home via Lidl and restricted ourselves to three items each. It’s so easy to trail a trolley around as you walk round stores and not taking a trolley in the first place is a great way to resist temptation. I did get my Hortas, though!
Dinner tonight came from Golden Bowl. The only worthwhile Chinese restaurant in Cumbersheugh. Just for a change I had Sweet & Sour Chicken with Fried Rice. Scamp had Chicken Chop Suey also with fried rice and we watched a Buzz Lightyear film just for fun, then an episode of Doctor Who, because there wasn’t much else worth watching.
Later we watched the Qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix which was ( Yawn ) really exciting. Hmm.
PoD went to a Fern Crozier growing happily in the wet conditions in Colzium.
Tomorrow we’re intending to go shopping for more plants!