Just A Bike Ride And Bluebells...

Having a spare couple of hours earlier in the week, we took the opportunity for a bike ride to the nearest bluebell woods. Which are less than half a mile away, but hey, the dog likes the speed. He runs, by the way, in case you thought he had his own bike or something.

The bluebells lie primarily on the right-hand side of the track down to Capenoch Nursery.Whilst the wild garlic lies on the left-hand side. Why is this, I wonder?

The Capenoch Estate is home to mighty Scottish oaks.

Some of which are hosts to Duvet Men, ancient Scottish tree sprites of sleep.

Then on to the river Scaur. There are salmon in the river, and elsewhere...





This is the Laundry, which is so called because it was the site of the Estate's laundry in its heydey.

A Milletts man of action, chancing a crossing, with a dog who doesn't like getting his paws wet.

Eyes that watch you.

And the rocks where the river gods play noughts and crosses in the dry times.Sometimes, just sometimes, it's not so bad living in the country.