Getting around

Yesterday, I took myself geocaching in the local area. It's ages since I've done this, but in a new area it's a great way to get off the beaten track. 3 hours out and never once did I leave the parish. I think it would probably take a week to walk the full boundary of the parish, yet this is an area which is loosing ministers - IMHO, that's just crazy. That may be a post for another time.

Anyway, while out and about, I came across a ruined church. Given the number of used churches in this area, and the time line of this one, I can only assume the current church was built to replace this one. The ruined one is at the end of a coffin road - so I know I am in the Highlands now. The community which would have used this was about 3 miles away, which is a long way to carry a coffin. It also had a separate bell tower across the road. It was very atmospheric, even in ruin.

Before beginning work, and in order to use cake calories (have I mentioned I have probably eaten my weight in cake so far?), I am trying to get into a habit of a couple of mile walk first. This morning I stopped and watched here for a little while. The river's quite low - given the weather there's no surprises there. But it is a lovely spot. I think I might include this as one of my regular sojourns while I'm here.