The summer scorcher offer was fully subscribed and this evening, the "scorcher II's" are finishing their dinners as I write, dark at 8.45 tonight. We have had 3 days of sunshine and it has been lovely. Autumn is not quite here, only a few leaves turning yellow. Tonights dinner menu featured , to quote 3 examples from the 16 choices, a starter, 3 layered vegetable terrine with a balsamic reduction, a main course, Leg of Perthshire lamb, cooked on sprigs of rosemary and served with mint sauce, dessert, gooseberry sponge pudding, flavoured with pudding spices and served with ice cream and cream.
The squirrels are busy cuting hazel nuts and ferrying them across the lawn, to bury them beneath the copper beech tree. The hotel cat spends much time stalking and chasing but she is no match for a couple wiley red squirrels.
While up Craigower Hill this week we were able to see the common lizards there
basking in the hot sunshine obviously, they are prospering, thanks to the hibernation mound provided for them to help their overwintering.
