Our second grand-child is due any day now. David and Madeline live nearby but when Lillian was born in 2007 they lived on the other side of the world in Scotland. The Farmer and I were due for a holiday so we decided to include a visit to Scotland via a friend’s wedding in Amsterdam and a visit to Turkey to catch up with our old neighbours.
Izmir Bay, Turkey
The visit to Broughty Ferry, Scotland, was planned for the end of the holiday. We figured that Madeline and the baby would be home from hospital and settled in at home. I had arranged for my mother to come with us to Scotland so that she could meet her first great-grandchild. Our son Richard was also flew up from London to be with us.
It was the end of June but the weather in Scotland was grey, wet and cold. We hired a car and went on short trips (just in case we got a phone call to say the baby was on the way!) This is a smoke house and shop in Arbroath. The town is famous for its ‘smokies’- smoked herrings.
But babies won’t be hurried. They come when they are ready and Lillian didn’t arrive until the day before we were due to leave and catch planes to various destinations. She was worth waiting for!
Maybe she will arrive on Madeline’s birthday. That’s the 6th October or maybe on the 11th, Richard’s birthday.
