Trip to Scotland

Over the May bank holiday weekend the de Cozar Rushforths took their first holiday together up to Scotland to visit Grandparents Mike and Morag at their new home in Angus. With glorious weather to match a stunning house, we had an absolutely marvellous time. Lola travelled really well (that makes her sound a bit like a travel size bottle of shampoo) and seemed to cope exceptionally well with the new experience of flying. Her face at Gatwick airport was an absolute picture as she marvelled at the strange place we'd bought her to at rush hour on a Thursday morning with literally thousands of people wandering about. In fact the whole six days bought strange new experiences and lots of 'firsts' for the little one.

Her first trip to the beach in Crail, where Morag's parents spent many of their later years

Her first trip to a pottery barn (don't think she noticed this one though)

Her first extremely choppy boat trip, which rocked her to sleep and made her Mum and Dad feel quite sick
Her first trip to the Isle of May to see the puffins and lots of other seabirds

Och, it's Lola's first Loch (Balgavies)

In addition to all that activity we did a lot of chilling out. And with a house and garden like this, it would be rude not to...




That last picture is Lola watching England beat New Zealand in the test match. She really does love her cricket and I wouldn't be surprised if her first word was Monty or Panesar.

The garden is incredible. It has an orchard and vegetable plots and everything. Every time I wandered around it I thought about how much Lola is going to love running about and getting lost in it. It reminds me very much of my Nana Margaret and Granddad Bob's garden in that way.




So all in all a very relaxing week. The only downside was that Lola woke frequently and slept fitfully every night except the first. This could be due to many things, new bed, new environment, growth spurt - we're not quite sure. We were able to deal with the exhaustion thanks to the Grandparents being willing to take her at any opportunity in the way that only grandparents are. Thank you Mike and Morag for giving us the relaxing break that we needed and huge congratulations on a beautiful new home!