Sunday Walk

Hello! Guess what!? I'm actually doing a blog post about today on today! I'm preparing a  big fat post that covers most of October, so while waiting for that, I thought I'd share our walk from today. It was unique for a few reasons: because our immediate surroundings are so wonderful and it was a perfectly clear, not very cold, windless day, which is rare even in summer and almost unheard of in November!
So we walked down our street and into the hills following sheep trails and headed for the nearest high spot. I may have mentioned  before that Scotland allows free access to hill walkers, even on private land. It's pretty great. There was still frost  at the beginning of the walk in the low lands, though it wasn't very cold. It was actually warm enough to remove our jackets atop the hill! It was beautiful!  I love the tree rings with the saw marks accentuated by the frost.

The video from the top of the hill. There's narration so make sure your speakers are on and watch out for Upside Down Bennys!  <-- Video link.
Even though it was only 2pm our shadows were crazy long! (It gets dark at 5):

As we descended we walked through multiple groups of sheep. When they first spot you they stare at you for a few moments, not sure which way to run: ( the black sheep could care less!)

Or maybe they stay put and pee out of fear!:

Then they trot away in little  panicky groups..till the get distracted by some grass. Here they are running from Ben. (He is SO scary , right!?)

On the way back we heard and engine so we started looking around to locate the vehicle and caught this farmer herding his sheep with.....a sheep dog? Nope!   <--Video link

Anyway, It was a lovely day. Hope the weather is nice at home too!