Revelling in Lochaber.

4 days later, and the polytunnel remains how we left it on the 15th. But I did have a great day in Aviemore with a friend, which included a trip on the funicular. A minute or so after I took the photo from the railway, the carriage juddered to a halt, bouncing precariously on it's wires. I clung to my friend without an ounce of shame, as she whispered in my ear, "don't you dare loose it!" I tried to make it look like I was saving her. The lower carriage had gone over a faulty sensor and the whole system assumed we were in trouble and stopped. I didn't start crying or anything, as it wasn't quite as bad as being in a plane. We weren't stopped for long. There is plenty snow up there to last a few weekends yet. Much more than we have in Fort William.

Finn missed his return match against Inverness as he wasn't well, and Meg had her 1st day of work at the bike shop. She was in top form and enjoyed a game of 'Crack the Egg' with her dad. One person curls up in a ball and the other has to bounce them out of it. It didn't take Spook long to crack her egg, but when she cracked his, he did a somersalt, such was the strength of her bounce.

I spent much of Sunday wheelchair dancing. I was the standing part of the duet as we interpreted a piece of music by Beethoven. It was very funny to watch burly men strut their stuff. It is for www.bodycurrents.co.uk who are putting on an extravaganza at the canal on Sunday 25th called Neptunes Revelry. It will be loads of fun as a boat makes it's way down the 'staircase' with a band on board, a girl in a bubble dancing on the water, the different groups of dancers jiving and salsa-ing down the canal paths. I was only a stand in, so I will be watching, not dancing.....shame. We had an hour off for lunch and watched some of the Lochaber Marathon from the No Fuss watering station. A man who had lost both legs below the knee and both hands from a climbing accident (frost bite) was running on specially designed prosthetics. He stopped at the station and deftly removed a prosthetic to smooth things out and reattached without requiring any help whatsoever. Amazing use of his 4 limbs. Sadly, he didn't complete the marathon as he was 'breaking' in a new prosthetic and it was giving him serious jip. He was very inspiring and humbling. I have seen a photo of him when he climbed the Ben soon after his accident, and I think he has successfully completed other marathons.

You'd think I could manage to get a few seeds into the ground. But I was a bit tired from the dancing.