Started off grey and quite wet; so we didn’t emerge till late. Had lunch at the log cabin then drove to somewhere unpronounceable and unspellable between the Well of Lecht and Tomintoul.

The weather had improved; so we did a walk of just under four miles up to the top of a nearby hill,  which had a mast on the top. It also had a viewpoint just below the summit, and we lost enough cloud to make it worthwhile  – we could see Cairngorm, Ben Avon and Bheinn a’Bhurd, all with snow.

Saw no one at all on the hill. Very quiet. Four young deer ran across the path as we neared the summit.

Pretty tired by the time we reached the car, so we drove straight home. Road works and traffic lights on the Lecht road! After a cup of tea we went out for a short walk in view of the appalling forecast for tomorrow and found the house Ella is using next week. Also saw lots of damage from floods.

Returned home for makeshift tea and watched a couple of TV programmes we’d seen before. Earlier wrote s couple of poems.