13/04/2025
Yesterday was to be the last sunny day of the week, we had no plans and a car full of kids! No pressure!🤭👌🏻
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I set off with no real idea where we were headed, just knew we wanted to be outside. Kids mentioned forest and we head out until we ended up in a quiet patch of trees in Queen Elizabeth Forest near Aberfoyle. The kids climbed trees, dawdled through the moss and splashed in the wee stream. I put down a blanket, we had Crispy rolls, cold meat and snacks from the wee shop on route. This wee lunch was thrown together in moments but nobody bothered.
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We stopped off in Gartmore, home of the famous Black bull pub and just across the road is a great wee playpark, more snacks, more laughs, more sun on our backs.
A wee wander into Aberfoyle for ice cream and a visit to the learn about the folklore of Reverend Kirk, the minister who was said to understand the language of the fairies, and who, they say, was taken onto the hill and magicked in to the trunk of the big pine on doon hill for telling too many fairy secrets. The kids left little gifts on his grave - pine cones, a penny, tiny treasures, just in case the fae folk were near 🧚🏼
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It wasn’t planned, but it was perfect!
A reminder that you don’t need a plan, just get out, follow your feet, and let the day surprise you.
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