TRIP 16 5 GO WILD IN KINCRAIG
DAY1 Monday 17th May 2021 Our friends Susan and Robin had very graciously invited us, along with our mutual friend Maureen, to join them at the cottage of their friends they were staying in for a week. The house is in the little village of Kincraig, between Kingussie and Aviemore. Not too far from home, but a welcome break away with other people after the Covid times. Susan and Robin had gone down earlier in the day and we picked up Maureen after lunch and headed down the road. Maureen was a very good girl in the car. Here we are at the house. The house is called Aspen, which is an archetypal tree of this part of the Highlands. It is quite often called Mother in Law's Tongue in reference to the leaves which are almost never still. They shake in the merest zephyr of wind. The tree is also called the quaking or trembling poplar - it is a member of the poplar family. I assume the house doesn't tremble. It was a little early to start drinking or, indeed, to jump into the hot tub,...