Last Sunday saw Bell’s Sports Centre invaded by the roller derby girls of Scotland as Granite City Roller Girls competed in Slaughtership Down, an interleague bout.
A friend of mine competes in the sport (currently out due to having a newly born sprog) so a bunch of us headed down to show our support with our kids.
The Perth team can be found over on their website – http://www.faircityrollers.com/ along with a handy link explaining the basics of the sport.
“Glen Lyon (Gaelic Gleann Lìomhann) is a glen in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland. It is the longest enclosed glen in Scotland and runs for 34 miles from Loch Lyon in the west to the village of Fortingall in the east.” – Wikipedia
Sarah, Darrly and I jumped in my car and did a tour of Glen Lyon last Friday. It was a cold day but we still didn’t expect to hit as much snow as we did when nearing the top of the hills.
Sarah will be along with her pictures soon, if she can get her internet working…
YIEAHY! at last I have the internet back, woohoo! So Glen Lyon. Was great to get out and about in the day time for a change and a lot better than the team meeting I was meant to go in for!!! It was a beautiful day too, bright sun, cold air, deep mist hugging the hollows and frost sitting in the shadows. We headed up an increasingly narrowing road into the hills, stopping for photos and pack lunch on the way. The higher we got, the more beautiful it became with that wonderful Scottish light hitting off the light snow. We really do live in a amazingly beautiful country, and can’t see why anyone would want to live anywhere else.
Anyway, half way up Ian decided to tell us that he wasn’t sure we had enough fuel to get back down, just to add to the excitement. So with watching fuel gage, aware that none of us had a mobile signal, we turned onto the Ben Lawyers Road and into the snow. What a wonderful view we got, but think the driving was a bit taxing and it wasn’t exactly easy to park on the snowy one tack road. But what we did manage to shoot was well worth it. All in all a very satisfying photo trip.
The Ben Lawers Road
Bothy Ruins
