Today got off to a slow start – apparently, staying up until the wee hours is not conducive to an early rise so the household managed to get around to breakfast at 12:30!
We said our goodbyes and headed east to Bannockburn to visit with Frank’s family and get the keys to our cottage. The place is in the middle of a farm and is brand spanking new – we are only the second people to stay here! It’s well thought out and well stocked and Duncan and Gillian get their own rooms for the week. It also has one very important appliance – a washing machine! We got started on the laundry straight away and after the first quick load was on the line, we headed out to do our shopping.
Sainsbury’s is my new favorite grocery store EVER! They carry a line of food called “Free from” which covers major allergies including gluten intolerance. They have rolls, bread, pitas, chocolate biscuits, you name it! It was most heartening especially as I find more and more of my favorite Scottish foods are now off limits to me: sliced sausage! Who would think that they need to add wheat to sliced sausage? Grr. But I did get rolls to have bacon rolls in the morning so all is well. And we bought the makings for spaghetti bolognese for tea tomorrow – yum!
After the shopping was dealt with (£113 later!), we headed to see Frank’s brother Tom and his family for dinner and some chatting. My mother-in-law is recuperating from both cateract surgery and a torn achilles tendon so she isn’t particularly nimble but managed to enjoy seeing her American grand children again. Of course, we had a good round of “my how the children have grown!” before digging into the Indian and Chinese food.
As the cottage is a bit rural and there are road works all around, we limited the enjoyment to a drink or two before heading back to an early night. Good thing too as there was still washing on the line and it was starting to rain.
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Pedometer: 6978 or about 3 miles. Mostly shuffling around grocery stores and people’s living rooms.
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