RAMBLING ROUND ROSEMARKIE That's alliteration to you poetic types.

A good day in Rosemarkie for our February walk up the Fairy Glen along the road towards Eathie, onto the beach and back to the Plough Inn at Rosemarkie. Jim, who arranged the walk assured us that he had checked the tidal tables! If he was wrong then it was a long way back from the point where the tide would have prevented us from completing the circular tour. If that had happened I am pretty sure that our number would have been reduced by one.

Anyway, we were all a bit early at the car park, which was just as well, because Jim was confused about which jacket he was supposed to wear - he is colour blind after all - this text is all in orange just for you, Jim!

The walk started just nicely in the Fairy Glen which is always good for a stroll. However, it wasn't all bridges and easy stuff. Further up there was no bridge to get across the raging torrent, but luckily the fairies had been out and put in some nice stepping logs.

And here is the raging torrent.

Before crossing, we all stopped to look at the coins stuck in the tree trunk. Hugh, being an accountant, counted them all up - he wouldn't tell us how much it was as it clearly was somebody's tax shelter - his fee was pretty good though!

Here we all are crossing the raging river. These photos look like one of these expiditions in the deep Malaysian jungle - you know the ones where they take a wrong turning and not all of them make it back!

After succesfully making it across the river without loss we moved onto the public road where some of the girls couldn't resist horsing around.

Then onto the yellow brick road - at least Jim thinks it was yellow - leading to the beach down a fairly steep little path studded with primroses even this early in the year.

I feel that I cannot make any kind of comment about the next series of photographs - at least I can't think of anything to say that might not be misconstrued.

Please judge for yourselves.

Lunchtime on the beach.

The group photo.

We did go to the pub afterwards, but nobody took a camera so there is no proof. However, they were very good to us at the Plough and we made plans for the lighthouse trip that is coming off in April - what fun that promises to be!

Well done to Jim and Jacque for the walk and the fairy logs.