So third prize it was. (I'll write up how we got here later, honest)

Having fetched the car and then uplifted Her and hound, instead of Lochaber, Beecraigs was the destination. 

Instead of a free day, Alex was due off the Aberdeen train at 1417 at Haymarket so by 11 we were traipsing around West Lothian in the sunshine and shade of somewhere I've cyled through but never walked.

Like Glentress, its designed in such a way that if you follow the trails you never really know how many folk are there because they're just out of sight before or after you. And so we bimbled around for a couple of hours, eventually had a bite to eat whilst Loki helpfully dived into the pond just prior to getting back into the car.... the wee radge.

Then off to buy dog food and into the station to fetch Alex; delighted with his independent adventure. 

And off we all went back to Granton; I got his bed made / pjs dried and dinner sorted out and then off around Silverknowes with the hound at dusk.

No football to watch, so a quiet evening of reading. It was either that or the Queen.