A wee walk in Gosford Estate

As it was a lovely day on Sunday we decided to have a walk around Gosford Estate in the winter sunshine.  We got all togged up in our cold weather gear and set off - we were too hot!!  It was just lovely in the estate to see the snowdrops all blooming and the other spring bulbs all coming through to give a glorious show in the spring, although it was very wet and slippy underfoot.  The damage from the recent storms was also very evident with some huge trees having been blown down and snapped like matchsticks. 

As ever, I took my camera with me so I have included a few of the better shots I took.  After our walk we popped into Gosford Bothy Farm Shop for a coffee in the cafe, plus we bought some nice fresh produce at the butcher to take home with us.  The Scotch pies were lovely and today we will try out the Stornoway black pudding - the steak pie is in the freezer for another day!!

One of the  ponds

Dancing on ice!!

The Boathouse

I think this is the ice house and is either 15th or 18th Century

Some of the local residents!

More of the local residents!