24 August 2015 - Kirkton of Rayne

Who would believe our sensational sunny day yesterday would precede this dreary foggy day?  Dreary day = generally bad mood all round and an extremely challenging day with school and Luke.

Kirkton of Rayne

I wrongly thought that we would benefit from a home day but the result is a wound up Luke and a feeling of frustration. “Grrrrrrr” : There, I’ve said it and hope the evening picks up a bit!  It is the type of evening when it would be lovely to chill with a good book but believe it or not, it is very hard to get time to do so.  My evening work involves supporting the big kids with their submissions, not that they need much help, but they like a bit of proof reading of big assignments before they submit them. 

The experience of distance education has been enlightening in many ways but most of all, for me, that I am glad I didn’t follow an alternative career of teaching children!  There is enough teaching being a parent without the formal side of learning as well. 

This photo says it all!  It is lovely despite the wet weather.

 It was most definitely a soup type of day as rainy days always are!  Coupled with lovely focaccia we’ve discovered, lunch was easy and satisfying.

The main road around here!

 We did decide to tootle into Inverurie, the nearest town, to find the post office and have a walk around.  The grey granite used for building in this area looks drab and dark on a drookit day and it is all a bit monochromatic.  Inverurie is smaller than we thought and the shops looked deserted – well it was 4.30PM on a rainy Monday!

The only bit of colour in Inverurie

  

Stane dyke and barley fields

Driving home on the one lane roads flanked by fields felt cosy in the car with the demister blaring.  No hills visible today, trees in the fields were only dark grey silhouettes and the golden barley bringing the only colour to the vista.

Kirkton of Rayne (Rain)!