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April

We started the month with a bothy trip and some driving practice for Euan. We set off from Invergarry and let Euan drive to Dalwhinnie on the way up. We had excellent weather for the walk in and out. We let Euan drive back to Dalwhinnie on the way back. Once Home we took Euan's new kayak to Perth ready for him paddling on Monday.
The following weekend John decided to cycle into Camban bothy. "Might be a bit rough in places" said Wendy. It was more than "a bit rough" but he survived. Got home in time to take Euan and a canoe to Meigle for a padddle. Went back later with the other canoe and joined him on the river.
Home for an early night before an early start for the airport. We went back to Portugal so John & Euan could do some more Scuba diving. It was a pleasant few days away.
Whilst we were away Angus & Brodie popped up and did a bathroom renovation for us - it looks excellent now.
We rounded off the month with a quiet weekend at home.

May

We started May with another bothy trip, this time way up north of Inverness. We could drive to the doorstep and we did, eventually. The next day we visited two more bothies in the area, covering 31km of hard cycling. We had the bothy to ourselves on the second night. A slick departure in the morning saw us home at a reasonable time, ready for John to go in and sllep in the lorry ready for an early start.
John didn't get home until the Saturday morning and had a quiet day around the house. John & Euan went to St Andrews for a bit of surfing, small, but good to be out paddling.
Wendy & John went off to another bothy at the weekend, leaving Euan at home to fend for himself. A good 3 hour walk in with good weather. Excellent views from bothy, all the way to Fife. Only 2:45 walk out. Home to feed the abandoned youth, he had hardly noticed we were away!
At the Bank holiday weekend at the end of the month, Euan & John went off to do a recce for the Spey trip we have planned. An excellent couple of days collecting some very useful information for the trip. Ran home on the Sunday which meant we could go kayaking at Stanley on the Monday. John pottered about with the canoes, checking them out for the Spey trip.
We rounded the month off with a quick trip to Berwick to see Gillian.

June

A slightly different start to this month, John drove down on Sunday afternoon for work. This was so he could do an early delivery in Birmingham on the Monday morning.
The following weekend was spent ferrying Euan around for various activities, including working at Pitlochry theatre.
Wendy & John popped down to Ikea, Glasgow, for a new bit of furniture for the lounge. The old piece was listing a bit and the doors didn't line up anymore. Brief stop at Lakeland on the way back up before hanging around in Perth to collect Euan from his trip down the Tay.
A quieter weekend followed with Euan working at Pitlochry and Wendy out for the evening. John survived and pottered about sorting stuff for a skip run on the Sunday. John spent some time sorting out his new lorry - yes a new, well 21 plate, lorry. It is very nice.
Rounded the month off with Wendy doing a sponsored walk around Loch Ore, John pottering about at home and Euan working at Pitlochry theatre.

July

A quiet start to the month, mainly sorting kit out for the Spey trip.
The great Spey trip - well it turned into a Tay trip. Lack of water in the Spey and thunderstorms for the Saturday meant we delayed launch until Sunday. Good run down to Grandtully from Kenmore.Got camp set up, dinner cooked then the boys went back on the water for a couple of runs down the rapids. Next morning we loaded up the boats and made good time down to an island just past Dunkeld. Got camp set up and dinner cooked before the rain started. Next morning the river had risen a lot and we were making good time to Stanley until we met a headwind. Had lunch at Stanley and decided to call it a day there. Got collected and brought home to sort out all the damp kit.
John & Wendy decided to walk into the Tarf hotel - a very remote bothy. 20km walk in - it was hard going especially the last 3km. Excellent bothy but I don't think we will be back.
We then all went to Glasgow to drop Euan off for his summer school. Nice dinner out in an Italian restraunt. We treated Euan to breakfast in Wetherspoons before leaving him for the week.

August

Well the big news this month is that Euan passed his driving test - Congratulations. Due to some odd way of thinking from insurance companies, it was easier to get him insured on the new blue car rather than the old black car! He is making good use of it, running back and forward to Pitlochry for work.
Euan got himself home from Glasgow succesfully and then disappeared off sea kayaking. He was then away at Grandtully for a Young Ambassadors weekend. He's even got a mention on Paddle Scotland website.
After collecting Euan from his Tay trip, Wendy & John managed a quick bothy trip, making the most of the good weather.
John didn't get away at the Bamk holiday, too busy moving the website and emails to a new hosting company. Rounded the month off with a quick trip to Go Outdoors, Coatbridge. Euan drove both ways, in the rain, he's getting better at driving.

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