John's Birthday Walk (At Long Last)

John's birthday walk was originally planned for mid August but had to be cancelled at the last minute as John had a sickness bug. It was re scheduled for 5th October and right up to Tuesday night the weather forecast looked as if we would have to cancel. We however decided to give it a go as the forecast told us it would be rain in the morning but brighten up in the afternoon. The walk was a 12 mile circuit in the Pentland Hills just outside Edinburgh. The first 6 miles of the walk was dry but very windy and this part of the walk had us with the wind in our faces. We had lunch in the Bird Hide shown below at the Bavelaw Marsh and just as we arrived the heavens opened. The forecast had been totally wrong so for the remainder of the walk the driving rain hit us but at least we were now walking with the wind at our backs.

 Martin, John, and Tom at the hide on Bavelaw Marsh.

 The bird hide was a great place to have lunch and we were entertained by the many birds on view.

Threipmuir Reservoir.