Merry Christmas!

Just a few photos for family who wanted to see what kind of Christmas we had together. It was a good one - picture perfect in fact! Only thing missing was all of you, but we were thinking of you all instead.

Wake up Harry! It's Christmas!

Present time!







There was a LOT of food! It was pretty much a day of cooking and eating and movie watching!




Lighting our Christmas pud and making a wish that you all had a merry christmas too, Love Harry & Briony

Over the Sea to Skye for Christmas!

Our cute-as little cottage. It's a bit Hobbit-ish and awesome. It used to be a church.



Breakfast in the conservatory overlooking the loch

We make some decorations for our REAL Christmas tree!


We try roasting our own Chestnuts - they were pretty good!

Christmas eve by the fire with mulled wine

Gifts ready under the tree...

And a few fireworks just to let Santa know where we were. Unfortunately they were hard to photograph, but fun to let off all the same.

its beginning to look a lot like...

Edinburgh gets festive for the Christmas season!
Lighting the Christmas tree on Carlton Hill

Princes Street Christmas fair

Harry buys some hot Chestnuts

Mmmn... hot chestnut...

Retro rides!


And here's the very first snow falling outside our window!

Scotland, Home of the Brave!

Here are some shots from our road trip with Mum, Anthony and Matthew. We went to Creiff near Perthshire to check out Mums old school


It hadn't changed too much. She introduced us to some of her favorite sweets from the good old days. They hadn't changed much either.


We went to Grannys old school - Scone Palace!


It was fancy, with white Peacocks and stuff.

Then we went to Great Granny's cottage in Kenmore where mum and granny spent a few holidays. Here is mum by the monument.


Here is me by the loch with my not so little anymore brother.

Nearby there were 'coos'

and castle ruins.



Harry and Matthew decided to go for an icy October dip in the lake.
Sorry, about this but the photos were all too funny, so I had to put up quite a few!
First they did some "warming up" exercises to prepare.

Stripping down, it was becoming apparent that its was bloody cold.

I watched on with an umbrella and a camera.

They tried to feign indifference - "this is sooo great!"

There was much dithering...

and bracing themselves...

yes we are all watching, you can't back out now!

Finally in!

Looks like you're having a great time! - wait where are you going?

Out already, Matt's only just getting in!

You okay there Matt? Can't feel your toes? Oh dear!

Victorious