Day 13
Thursday 26th May - Tarfside to Waterton Farm
Today has been a most interesting one.
We had a lovely breakfast at Mrs. Gutheries and did not leave until 8:45. Leaving Tarfside we crossed the Esk on the rickety suspension bridge and took the usual path to Edzell. Daundering alongside the river we looked up and saw an eagle but it disappeared before we could get the binoculars out. Soon after this we saw a Greater Spotted Woodpecker and a Tree Creeper. Finally another eagle popped over the horizon while we were sitting having our morning tea break, or maybe the same one returning.
We left the path and were walking down the road when a tiny mouse came out of the verge and ran down the road towards us closely followed by a stoat which promptly caught it, killed it and vanished back into the grass.
Reaching Edzell in time for lunch we stopped at the Tuck Inn, then did a bit of shopping for the evening and visited the bank before leaving town for the two mile walk to Waterton Farm where we asked permission to camp for the night. Permission came with 10 eggs for our breakfast and the news that Mic had passed through last night.
Soup and a roll for tea and an early night, it had been a very nice day.
