From Findhorn to Aviemore…

Today I left Findhorn, after a very pleasant spell in the TFL office.  Many thanks to Jane and Jock for putting me up, and putting up with me, for the last couple of weeks.  For the last few days I’ve stopped at the telescope by the road each morning, to view the birds on the water.  I’ve seen Widgeon, Red breasted Merganser, Mallard, and other ducks, and I now wish I’d spent more time checking them out.

This morning the TFL office accompanied me to the Universal cafe for tea and cake, by way of a leaving party.  The cake was good, but very expensive, which seems to me to be rather typical of the offerings available from the Findhorn Foundation.

This evening I finished up in the office and then drove to Aviemore (which is very busy).  I met John and Stella in town and they then lead me back to the croft that had been owned by Stella’s uncle up until he’d died recently.  As I was driving further from sea so there was an increasing amount of snow on the ground.  Here, just outside Nethy Bridge, there is 3 or 4 inches on the ground, and tonight the sky is cloudless.  The stars are especially bright thanks to there being no street lamps or house lights for miles.  It’s beautiful.