Is It Still Winter?

Yesterday The Cygnet complained he hadn't been on a train recently.

Today, when it stopped raining mid morning, SWMBO, myself, Squirrel and The Cygnet all got on a train and headed into Edinburgh (where it was a darned site warmer than Livingston where the wind could cut you in two).

The Cygnet took some pictures of the castle and the Scott Monument (not quite up to the standard of his Forth Bridge shots I am afraid).
Squirrel did the same using the infrared camera (she needs to learn to take her time pressing the shutter).
I also used the IR camera for a couple of shots but mainly stuck to the big camera and the long lens and tried to get a bit of separation on the 3 stooges (those pigeons don't half make a mess of the hair).

SWMBO had been mumbling about taking the kids to the Camera Obscura but quite frankly - we didn't have the time ..... it is a day trip by itself!

Camera club tonight was a 'appraisal' night.
I think the competition secretary is going to have to take it on the chin and accept that the guy he booked has to be taken off the list.
It is the 3rd time I have seen him and the 3rd time he has talked absolute twaddle to put it politely.
Even the beginners and less experienced were commenting on how inconsistent he was and how obvious his personal preferences for subjects were shining through.