Smoke 'morning' alarm!

After a great little drive Friday evening to lovely Kippen and round abouts where we saw so many deer darting from the roadside. We passed by Lake Mentieth on the way back, the sun was setting and the lake was still it was fantastic. We then hit the hay relatively early after some pizza and garlic bread.

Saturday of our trip was rather amusing. We were woken up at 4 by the smoke alarm in the little wigwam we were staying in bleeping. There wasnt a fire, the battery was just flat but it meant that we were up and out by 6am! We headed north back to The Hermitage where I had volunteered with the NTS a couple of weeks previous. All large wheels of wood had gone and it was amazing how clean and tidy it all looked ready for the new season! We took Archie for a wander and admired all the great Douglas Firs. They are soooo huge, awesome! We went for a walk from the Hermitage to Rumbling Bridge. We saw a red squirred (and so did Archie!) and heard so many birds in the forrest it was great. The rest of the morning was spent browsing the shops in Perth and buying cheese and venison burgers in Perth farmer's market. In the afternoon we took the dog up Ben Gullipen which was a lovely little Ben, only about 400m but well worth the views from the top over Callander and beyond and the weather was kind of us. The only down side was the O2 phone towers at the top!