Home crop

After several years just growing, our vine has produced a crop this year. It's not much, but we're really pleased with the grapes.

Mountains

I spent July working in Scotland. Most of the time I was indoors, walking along long corridors to get from one campus building to another. Every now and then I took the bus to the centre of Edinburgh, either sightseeing or to the shops, most of which sell tartan for tourists. To go from the Georgian part of the city to the old city you can cross the North Bridge. The view of Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat is startling; it's amazing that you can see wild-looking "mountain" from the centre of a city. One Sunday afternoon I joined the line of people walking along the rough tracks to the peak of Arthur's Seat. For a mountain peak it's very little; only 251 metres above sea-level, but the views on the way, as well as at the top are spectacular.

There were quite a lot of days in July when the sun shone more in Edinburgh than in Jaca, from what I heard! We were certainly lucky the day we climbed to Arthur's Seat, and saw the city and the Firth of Forth spread out below us.