Rathen trees

Grey Granite and Rufus spent part of the morning in Rathen pottering round Rathen kirkyard, The light on the trees, particularly the beeches was beautiful. Grey Granite concludes that one of the reasons that she is attracted to Rathen is the number of mature trees which cluster round the village. 

Morning light on a lichen crusted Victorian gravestone

We walked up Sandy Lane and along the road to Rathen Station. From the top of Ardglassie Hill we saw that the heavy rain of the last two days has flooded the fields by Cairnbulg Castle. When we got to the Station we found that the Line was extremely wet and dubby. Rufus was concerned that the rabbits along Sandy Lane might have been flooded out, Grey Granite was pleased to that there are still a few heartsease pansies in flower along the lane.