Skywatch Friday

Blue skies and snow - what better view while sitting on a picnic bench in the glorious Crown Estate in Glenlivet.

We really went out into the wilds on Sunday down to Glenlivet - but were rewarded by stunning views, sunshine and a delicious scone at The Glenlivet Distillery.

We set off under grey skies with a touch of drizzle - so hat, scarf and gloves were the order of the day.

There was plenty of snow on top of the hills. We met a farmer moving his sheep who told us we wouldn't have been able to have done the same walk the previous weekend as the fields were covered in at least a foot of snow!!

But it soon warmed up - the sun came out and the gloves and scarf came off - and we enjoyed blue skies

Plenty of opportunities for sheep photos - the lamb at the bottom was a really new one (probably less than an hour old) as she/he still had its umbilical cord attached.

We also saw hares, Roe deer including a stag and quite surprisingly plenty of toads or frogs and squillions of tadpoles. I have been told it is mating season and the noise the frogs or toads made was really loud - but as soon as you got close the went silent and stayed perfectly still. We also heard grouse - but even with a pair of binoculars we didn't actually see one.

This is what you call a traffic jam up here!

And the beautiful Packhorse Bridge at Bridgend of Livet. .

Our final stop was at The Glenlivet Distillery - we didn't have time for a tour but enjoyed scones and a latte in the cafe. This fabulous piece of work is made up of whiskey bottles in the foyer of the distillerty

We had a wonderful day and will be going back again soon
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