home again

Aw- pretty lakes,lots of food, seriously pretty little town,more food,a grand wee pub frequently visited by dad and me, our house right next to lake windemere, beautifully lit church and good service:) all made a nice wee family christmas.

Got back on wednesday just about in one piece. you've never seen 2 cars loaded with so much stuff for less than a week! I blame santa bringing callum his darth vader voice changer, playmobil airport, hotwheels car set, board games, computer games, roboraptor, bowling lane, incredible 4 costume thingy... and one of his toys came to life from the abyss of the boot ever time we turned left. The rest of the nicol's got our fair share of goodie too -climbing harness and binoculars for me:) Already got some climbing dates lined up for the new year(tis a grand incentive to move back to glasgow, and then maybe some studying will get done!) but it's a bit harsh, now i'm home, it keeps raining, (and not snowing, despite being -7) and i want to go play with the telescope and binoculars. tonight there's one weird star taunting me in this random patch of sky in what otherwise is complete cloud coverage. that's just mean. to make up for it, callum and i have been doing some astronomy paintings instead. I would show you if our scanner would work, but sadly it looks as if our works of art will have to remain on display in cumnock.