After the nightmare of cars and money last week I decided to forget about it and enjoy myself this weekend! On Friday Ross and I went up to Dingwall. We decided to leave it until later to drive up in order to miss rush hour (not good with dodgy brakes!) however we almost didn't make it out of the car park because the battery was dead! Some silly plonker (Ross) left the interior light on by mistake and, as we don't use that car much, it sapped all the battery life out of it! Thankfully our friend Trevor saved the day and brought over 2 pals who knew how to jump start a car without jump leads (it's quite easy to do so I learned).
On Friday night we caught up with mum, dad, Donna and Neil and on Saturday morning I played with Xander when the brakes were getting fitted on the car. Ross got an 'erotic haircut' as he calls them - he is convinced that hairdressers in Dingwall are taught to thrust their chests into poor unsuspecting blokes when giving them a haircut! I never heard Ross complaining.
On Saturday afternoon we headed to Aviemore and got checked into the chalet before I took Xander swimming. Luckily I used to be a lifeguard and a swimming teacher because Xander was fearless! He loves the water and was jumping in and splashing about with no armbands on! At night Ross and I had a lovely quiet night in watching X Factor and the like.
On Sunday we drove to Craigellachie to visit Ross's best man David who has just bought a fab new house there, we were very jealous! Then we went shopping for winter clothes in Aviemore and bumped into a few folks we knew from Dingwall. I managed to persuade Ross to go for a jacuzzi, sauna and steam room before we headed to a lovely Italian for dinner and off to Glenmore Forest for the highlight of the weekend. I booked tickets for 'Between Two Worlds' which was described as "a night-time forest journey into a hidden world that will captivate your imagination. Light and sound reveal the mystery and beauty of the historic Glenmore Forest and bring its ancient legends to life." It really was beautiful and made me proud to come from the Highlands. We had taken Monday off work so grabbed the opportunity to explore more of Strathspey by going for a walk. It was an amazing blue sky clear day so we managed to drive all the way back down to Glasgow with the roof off. I had to be back earlier than planned because of an opera club committee meeting but was glad I went as we were all given a bottle of champagne for our hard work this year!