Burnside of Affleck

A swollen and very sore knee has curtailed my visiting plans. I think the cause is too much walking in London on Thursday in totally unsuitable shoes. Today I sat on friend K's sofa with ice on my knee and picked blackcurrants off the branches she had pruned from her many bushes. 

Originally a Watford girl,  who I met playing underwater hockey (incidentally that's how I met Mr P too) - marriage and a husband in the oil industry brought her to Aberdeen where she has been for about 20 years.  I used to visit her regularly on my many work trips up here . They live in very rural area.  The water to their house comes from a well at the top of the field you can see through the arch.