Good News

Well, after much trouble we found a microwave repair-man locally, and he managed to do the job in a day for £22. And considering that a comparable microwave would have cost about £122 we are very pleased.

Now we just have to work on getting a new oven. But at least we have something to cook food in if it finally gives up the ghost. Although it has been behaving well recently (which is why we still haven't managed to replace it).

We are on half-term in our neck of the woods, which means no school for a week.

We went with 50 of our nearest and dearest Church Family members to a Youth Hostel at New Lanark for the weekend. We took over the whole place and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. There were about 20 kids and of course they enjoyed each other's company immensely.

It rained quite a bit while we were there, but that meant that we got to see the nearby waterfall of Corra Linn (the hostel overlooks the River Clyde) in both gentle

and torrential

modes!

After that we went over to visit a friend in North Berwick, just to the right of Edinburgh on the Firth of Forth. His garden backs onto the beach, and so the boys were in 7th heaven!

This was the view from our bedroom window. Lovely!

The Island of Fidra, which was the inspiration for RL Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' was just down the coast, and easily visible from the house. We visited the beach nearest Fidra one evening...

These sunset pictures were taken from the North Berwick beach, within minutes of each other. Look at how the colours change!