And after the slog of yesterday - a 6am start. We had to get the car back by high noon in Stockbridge soooo - bacon rolls were dispensed and the kids tore off down the road with gusto; leaving me and her to stroll along behind them (and inevitably overtake them about a mile from the end but hey... By then we'd had a pleasant half hour chatting and strolling through the cool morning air. 

And uneventful journey home; and in good time too so we battled through town and dropped Annie off before abandoning the car and making it home for midday. Given the rain on the drive back through northern Perthshire, I think our timings weren't too bad at all. 

Both boys immediately jumped into the bath and then proceeded to lay waste to a small mountain of breakfast ceral. Thereafter, the afternoon was low key - laundry and some provisions were laid in from Lidl and an hour or so of 5 a side at Inverleith Park in pale sunshine before heading home; and a hearty dinner and a comfy bed. They'd earned it, I reckon.