Findhorn with friends

Rachel and her three girls (Eilidh 8, Tasha 6 and Tamsin 3) invited us to go with them to their holiday home in Findhorn for the long weekend. Dave was taking youth to a church convention in Paisley which involved an overnight stay and Gavin, Rachel's husband, was overseas on business and she was going to be home alone too.

We met up on Saturday and stayed for a couple of nights, we were all really excited to go on an adventure together. I had spent a number of years in Forres (5 miles away) when I was younger but don't recall ever having been to Findhorn before. We arrived about 3 o'clock and unloaded the car, I had packed enough food to last a week...Rachel had gone minimalist! The kids had a great time exploring before we took them on a walk round the village and the beach.

They were all pleading for ice cream but we managed to palm them off until we needed something to go with the delicious pumpkin pie Rachel had made for dessert that night. Rachel produced a yummy meal that night. The kids settled down reasonably quickly and Rachel and I were able to have some girly chats before hitting the sack ourselves.

The following morning we went to the Findhorn Foundation , an ecovillage, to look at all the environmentally friendly houses that had been built there.

The kids had a great play at the park and we went home via Gavins old family home to see what work had been done since being sold recently. The kids were so excited to show us all their family memories and walks.

After lunch we headed out armed with buckets and spades to the beach, unfortunately we hadn't packed a towel. Despite the cold the kids wanted to paddle which ended up being more of a swim!

We returned home, Rachel lit the fire while I finished off dinner. After dinner we kept the kids busy with some drawing & spiral art before watching a dvd they'd rented from the local shop. They were all exhausted and fell into bed without much fuss that night. Monday morning dawned and it was time to clean up and head home, we were all a bit sad about having to leave as we'd had such a great time but the kids managed to talk us into taking them out for lunch before heading North to Ullapool for school the following day.