Yesterday's early departure enabled late lunch arrival at the Phoenix Cafe in the Park, via a brief nostalgic wander in Aberfeldy, last seen in 1968 when a few winter months were spent working as a waiter at the Breadalbane Arms Hotel, before the exciting adventure hitch-hiking around Spain, France and Morocco. .. this in lieu of academic pursuits and much more educational ...
Anyway, the Hotel is showing its age, though the town looks good, even claiming the title of Britain's first Fair Trade Town ... a brief excursion up the Birks alongside the rushing stream evokes memories ... before the return to the A9 north to Aviemore, then across to Forres ...
The Phoenix Shop provides a couple of books for the library as well as preparing the mind for weirdness ... Robert Ogilvie Crombie's tales of encounters with Pan and others from beyond the veil, and Dorothy MacLean's stories of the devas taking care of the plants ... all perfectly plausible and reminiscent of the relationship with an elf from Switzerland discovered at Findhorn a few years ago ... before that, during Experience Week 9 years ago, Brian Nobbs, a Findhorn pioneer and potter, described his own meeting with Pan ... seemed perfectly plausible at the time ...
After the long drive yesterday a 10 mile round trip to Forres stretches the legs and offers the sight of geese in fluctuating formations, preparing to head south ... hmmm, why not?
Afternoon walk across the dunes and along the beach offers wild cloudscapes and extra exercise for the body before the 4 day Game begins tomorrow ... no idea how many or who are playing or much about it ... someone in the Park who has attended just said "intense" .... let's see!
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