sheep bring bread to your house: August 2008

Nope

Claire does not like Aberdeen.

Blokes

We had The Neils over for supper one evening last week. Conversational themes: Thongs. Swingers. Brazil. Argentina. Stag weekend (which Neil C and John are on right now).

And here they are updating their mobile phone contact details.

7 seaters are Go!!!!!!!

So on our island jaunt on sunday we spent about 1hr 30 min peddling with kids in tow. We'd noticed this 7 seater where it seems you sit on seats facing each other and there's some kind of mechanism which means each pedaller contributes to the speed. We'd been going for about 45 min when Claire who was being squashed by a sleepy Heather reached her wits end and started crying. A necessary coffee stop ensued, and then we saw this Asian family on the 7 seater, at least 3 generations on the one bike travelling at 2 mph, Sharon tried to get a good photo of them whilst we drove off later that day, but I was sort of embarrassed and restricted her to this in car view of the 7 seaters going by.
John

Cumbrae

We decided to have a day out today despite the forecast of all day rain. It involved driving to Largs, mising a turn off and driving down a mysterious narrow single track farm road for awhile, getting the ferry from Largs to the isle of Cumbrae, stopping at the beach for wave jumping, shell hunting, sand playing, tuna sandwiches, and scootering. Then we wandered into the town of Millport, lured by the sounds of a pipe band, ate ice creams and rented bicycles (the island is swarming with bicycle renters...maybe more on that to come). We cycled almost halfway round the island but Claire was getting very grumpy getting squashed in the trailer by a big sleeping lump of a Heather. So we stopped at a tearoom for some windy coffees and headed back. We got the ferry back, stopped at the playground for a quick spin and climb before ending the day with dinner at La Tasca, thanks to our Tesco vouchers. And the sun shone all day!