We’re staying in Scotland
for another couple of weeks. We love it here and with new granddaughter Melody
only arriving last Saturday there’s plenty to keep us busy helping Sarah and
Duncan. Next weekend it’s my 60th birthday and we’ve booked a big
house just outside Edinburgh so that it’s not too far for the new baby to
travel (although the rest of the guests will have a bit of a trek).
Rose came to stay with us at
the caravan yesterday. The arrival of a new sister is not the easiest time for
a two-year-old so we tried to give her lots of fun. She played on the
playground before helping us with the tea. Although we have had terrible WIFI
all week (hence the paucity of blogs) we managed to go to the site’s Games Room
where we found enough signal for her to Skype her cousin Catherine. It was nice
to see the two and one year old communicating (after a fashion) with waves and
bye byes. Afterwards the signal was still strong enough for us to visit YouTube
and download the Muppets with Harry Belafonte singing The Banana Boat Song. I am sure that this will become a firm family
favourite.
This morning we took her to
Forgan’s in St Andrews where they hold a Saturday Kiddies’ Ceilidh. Rose was a
little reticent to try but by the last few dances she was reeling with the best
of them.
Sarah, Duncan and Melody
joined us and we had a bite to eat before Rose left us after what was, for us,
a very enjoyable twenty-four hours.
In between family times I’ve
managed another four or five hours out with the detector and found this great
silver coin of Robert II c 1395 (another of those medieval cartoon portraits - this one looks like Apu in The Simpsons ) I went to see the farmers on Thursday evening
and showed them everything I’ve found. Both husband and wife are really
interested in what turns up and I will be sharing the finds with them (if they
are not claimed by the Treasure Trove unit who decide on all finds made in
Scotland).
We also had a trip to
Cineworld in Dundee to see The Way Way
Back a film from the team that brought us the fabulous Juno and Little Miss Sunshine. This is a “coming of age” movie about fourteen year old Duncan who
goes to spend his summer at his mum’s boyfriend’s beach house with his mum,
said boyfriend and the boyfriend’s older teenage daughter. Duncan is an awkward
boy but his life blossoms when he befriends Owen the charismatic Peter Pan owner
of a water park who becomes the father figure that Duncan lacks. The usually “good
guy” Steve Carell plays the wicked stepfather Trent brilliantly and we feel for
poor Duncan as he struggles to come to terms with his mum’s terrible choice.
Allison Janney is excellent in her role as a boozy loudmouth neighbour and the
film mixes humour and pathos perfectly to create a tremendous summery feel-good
movie.
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