Its June 7th and I’m still playing catch up I got as far a the beginning of March in last blog, and looking at my photos I realise that March was a busy month for The Intrepids, Susan and me. It was also a month of mixed weather, sun, rain and snow. After the expedition to Linlithgow Palace and loch out next outing was to a Ceilidh fund raising event. One of our friends was off to Africa as a Mid Wife for 6 weeks. She held a ceilidh and it was well attended and raised monies to buy further supplies for her great adventure. 
I like ceilidhs, I may have trouble spelling the word, but I have no problem enjoying myself at them. Funny. I hate discos but have no problem with ceilidhs. I’m still waiting to see if our friend will put up a blog of her adventures. From celebration to photography. I had been waiting for conditions to be right so I could set of to South Queensferry to get some night shots of the Forth Rail Bridge. Yes I admit a subject that has been done to death so to speak Still I was very pleased with the results of my shots that night. After a few shots there we went to Dalmeny Station. I had recently discovered that from the edge of the station looking North one could see the start/end of the South part of the Forth Rail Bridge. After a few shots I decided to try for light trails with a difference to say I was pleased with the result which I titles as
FaLT approaching (Fast as Light). Expeditions came to a sudden halt on 19th March, the day the snow returned. I went to bed the evening before it was a nice night,
clear and not cold. Woke up on the morning of the 19th to see out my windows – Snow and my garden was covered it the stuff. It was bad enough for me, but the poor birds were caught out as well.
For some reason Livingston appears to grind to a halt when it snows, not only Livingston I do as well 
. Thankfully by the 25th March the snow had stopped falling, roads were clear and we were off to a very special Celebration. A good friend of ours had been mentioned in despatches so to speak. He has been awarded the British Empire Medal (B.E.M.) for services to Education and Amateur Dramatics. This award is not presented by the Monarch, it is presented on their behalf by the Lord Lieutenant of the County, in this case The Rt Hon Donald Wilson the Lord Lieutenant and Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh. Along with Susan and several others we were invited to celebrate with Douglas his award.
On the 30th March we had our penultimate outing for that month a visit to Seacliff beach – a very unique place to visit. From the beach you get a superb view of Tantallon Castle along with a harbour carved out of the sandstone.
The ultimate outing was a revisit to Linlithgow
