sumptuous adventuring

I'd sent out an email inviting friends to go and see a film with me on the evening of my birthday.

4 people turned up but the evening was so lovely none of us could bear to be stuck in doors. We opted for a walk instead.

We went to Arthurs Seat* and walked for about an hour around its middle circumference, admiring the views to the city, sea and hills. A large fat half moon hung like in a Chinese watercolour to the East.

After an hour it got a bit chilly so we went to Prestonfield House Hotel for tea and had a wonderful time sitting by candlelight in a room with 17th Centuary wallpaper made from leather and using the pinkest powder room I've ever been in.

* a hill casually left in the midst of my city