Just spoke to Amanda who is down at Emma and Michael's. Arrived late last night from a very wintry, snowy Scotland. She said she was extremely relieved when her plane finally lifted off over the white landscape below. Today is fairly muggy with a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon - rain but not quite the same rain as the UK. We're all meeting up for lunch and then Amanda will come back up the hill with David and me.
Towards the end of my trip to the UK last month I took the train north to visit my sister Amanda and her children Kieran and Leonie who live near Edinburgh. Amanda and I have "snatched" times together down through the years - I moved to Australia when she was nearly 4 and we didn't meet again until she was 18. But when we do meet, it's as though we have never been apart. This visit was very short - only 3 days.
As a surprise, she had organized for my wee brother Alan to be at the station when I arrived in Edinburgh and as I had just climbed the stairs and was adjusting my case, I turned and saw him. "Alan!" I shouted and we threw our arms around one another!
This photo was taken on a beautiful walk on Seacliffe Beach near where she lives.
