If you follow me on Social Media, then you will have seen that we spent last week back home in Scotland. We headed back to celebrate James friends 30th birthday and he was so surprised to see us and his wife and I had been doing a bit of planning that he didn't know about. We got to spend some quality time with them and had so much fun. I also got to spend some quality time with my best friends. It is so hard being so far away from them especially when we are all going through huge life changes, sometimes phone calls, text and Skype don't quite cut it. I also had a child free night out which hasn't happened in such a long time and several bottles of Prossecco were consumed... I may have been slightly worse for wear the next day.
Our days in Scotland were filled with lots of fun and laughter and it certainly makes up for our last trip which had all 3 of us come down with a stomach bug. We spent time at soft play which was actually really good as the Scottish Schools had gone back so was really quiet. Ailsa had great fun running around- I think us adults had the most fun though. The weather was gorgeous, so we spent a lot of time in the garden, Ailsa really showed us just how much she is growing up as she was so independent whilst climbing up and down her little slide.
We took a trip to St Andrews, Where both James and I went to university. The town though still the same gorgeous place has changed so much. Us along with James' Mum and Dad enjoyed a coffee and cake in a lovely little restaurant and then went for a walk around the Cathedral ruins which is just next to the beach. I love taking little trips back there and it never seems quite long enough each time we go. I would love to do an overnight stay next year- maybe that can be a little date treat for James and I.
We finished up the week with me having my night out. It was just like old times with the girls and it's funny being around people who know you so well and know just how to make you laugh or wind you up as the girls normally do. Being the friend who moved so far away does leave you with a bit of guilt, not being able to be there for the celebrations or the tough times but I hope that I can have at least one night just us girls each time we head back to Scotland now that Ailsa is more an age that I feel comfortable leaving her for a night.
We spent such a lovely week back in Scotland, and spent some good quality time with our family, my favourite memory of the week was us all sitting around the patio table having a big fry up on our last day before we left to come home it's not very often we get the chance to all sit around one big table and it's even rarer when we can sit outside but it was just so lovely and peaceful. I am looking forward to us all being together again this Christmas and I am sure we will have many more laughs then.
Labels: scotland, travel, trip
