Cobwebs

Early swim with Nelly this morning, my wee fishy can swim a breadth on her front and back without her fin. She said "I'm really getting the hang of this Mummy!" She can do a wonderful star float too, and loves swimming underwater. Speaking of underwater Floss got spoken to by the lifeguard- if you lie on the bottom of the pool they'll assume the worst and jump in to save you.
Insisted everyone went out for a walk/scoot this after noon to blow away the cobwebs. My bike has flat tires. It was bracing and on the way back we cut through the fields- 11 years we've lived here and always stuck to the paths, felt quite devil may care. Betty was horrified and considered going round by the path herself, but ended up following us after Floss explained 'right to roam'. Then she got a muddy boot coming over a 'burn' (probably a soakaway) and was greeting because her cruel parents laughed. Nelly very seriously said "I don't think it's funny either" which made me laugh even more. We ended up climbing over the dry stane dyke in Uncle Doug's garden and despite the racket we were making he was oblivious.
Anyway, here's Nelly jumping off a tree stump into her sisters bosie.