Hockey, Cakes and Skiing

Its been a busy old weekend.  An early start on Saturday for both girls to catch the coach down to Madras College in St Andrews, Isobel playing for the A team, Ellie in goal for the B team.  Isobels team won 10-0, she never actually touched the ball and by her own admission spent most of her time in goal watching the S4 boys rugby match on the next pitch!  Ellies team drew 0-0 against Madras A team and unlike her big sister she actually made some saves, one of which involved flattening the opposition attacker!

Julie cooked an absolutely fabulous orange cake for us, some well earned calories!

Sunday morning saw another early start for Ellie and I although the sound of the wind in the trees made me question whether it was worth it.  The drive up Donside did nothing to dispel the doubts, the River Don looking rather too full to be good for the skiing!  When we got there things were no better, the snow was wet and there were streams coming off all the runs with wet patches of slush appearing at alarming rates.  Gordon skiers are an intrepid bunch however and it takes more than that to put them off!  Malcolm, ellie's coach got them onto snowblades (little skis about 2 feet long) and they had a great time.

The weather perked up in the afternoon and the sun even made an appearance late on.  Ellie's turns are definitely improving and she made light of some tricky heavy snow conditions (which was more than can be said for her father!).