Been to Lanark, met a load of TASers - some I already knew

, some I'd longed to meet

and some I think I still didn't meet properly!

(no icon for peering into the distance), picked up

and another lovely thing from one (no icon will post pic in due course),

from another, bought

(yes,
girls this time!

, 2 CM ewe lambs - just the cutest little things with the softest fleece

and 2 Manx Loaghtan gimmers; lost out on the Icelandics but BH loved them too so we are plotting...

), home through yet more

, spent the evening getting everyone settled into their arrival accommodation and starting to get to know us

while keeping an eye on the balloons along the wall - part of the 'cultural olympiad' apparently

: actually, when you got up close they were rather lovely.
Apart from the wetting our newly-cut grass got

, a good day!
