A Favourite Walk

Typical Autumnal day today, very cold and crisp after the horrendous rain at the weekend. Took some pictures of a walk 5 minutes away where I regularly go. Very often there are deer to be seen and if you are lucky red squirrels.

I closed today until the 29th December to do some redecorating. I will be glad to get rid of the yellow and blue wallpaper in Room 2, it was nice at the time I put it up, but I really do not like it now and it was a very bad idea to put a light blue carpet into a room!!

Drimmie Wood

Had a lovely walk at Drimmie Wood this afternoon, one second it was bright warm sunshine the next torrential rain showers, so I got rather wet. At the start of the walk the heather is looking lovely and there are fantatic views, then you enter the wooded area, planted with spruce trees, before coming to part of the walk that follows old drove roads used hundreds of years ago to move cattle around. Dotted around the wood are wooden art sculptures made by a local group.

The 'Knockie' Path

One of the lovely things about Blairgowrie is that apart from it being convenient for going to many different places is that within 5 minutes you can be walking in beautiful open countryside in total peace and quiet. A lovely walk I went today was to the 'Knockie', part of the Blairgowrie Path Network up above the town where you get spectacular views, unfortunately today there was low mist which hadn't cleared so I didn't see much! I shall endeavour to get pictures of the view another time. From my upstairs lounge window and one of my bedrooms you can see the hill I went over.

I had a telephone call this morning to inform me that I had come 2nd in the Blair in Bloom Accommodation Providers category for my garden, which was good news. There will be a prize-giving in the Autumn.

Cleaven Dyke

Cleaven Dyke is a Neolithic Cursus, ceremonial earthwork, that runs for over 2km and dates to around 3,500BC.

There is a maze of lovely peaceful walks through the woodland where it is located, which can be accessed just over a 5 minute drive away off the A93 on the way to Perth or alternatively drive on to the pretty village of Meikleour where there is a lovely hotel where you can have a meal or a drink. There is a path leading to the woods between the hotel and their car park.