Score Bay Dinosaur Hunt 5th Feb

Vince was up at 8.00am and I stayed in bed for another hour, I wasn't exactly hung over, just a bit foggy and blurry, from lack of sleep I suspect! That's my story and I'm sticking with it, however when Vince offered me a G&T (from the two mixture bottles Penny had generously given us last night) I politely declined.

We had a bit of breaky, just cornflakes and milk and a cup of tea/coffee and we started a fire as the weather outside was somewhat wild and uninviting, and considering it looked like someone had stolen Pointy Mountain as it disappeared in the mist - we thought not a good day for photography.

I had just settled myself on the lounge, when I checked my phone and saw a WhatsApp message from my daughter, Christina, in Perth, Australia, letting me know the 8th box had finally arrived. I asked her what happened to No 7 as I'd had no mention of it, but she said it arrived yesterday whilst her husband, Yee, was home. YEAH! All my fears about them ending up in the Abyss of missing items courtesy of the postal services, were totally unfounded! So Happy Happy Joy!

Then I got a What's App video call from my Sister, Jacky, in Darwin. We chatted for a while, and she is enjoying my blogs, so at least one person is reading this stuff that takes me hours each day!!! Yahoo! Unfortunately, I had to cut her short as the rain had eased and it was now low tide and I needed to get myself pronto out the door to be able to see the dinosaur prints at Duntulm which are only visible at low tide.

Within minutes we were geared up and in the car to the beach - YES THE BEACH - in this weather! Who would have thought. Well it's more of a ball bearing roller derby of rounded rocks than a beach per sae, with a steep incline of marshland and cliff to get down to it.

We spent about 2 hours there all up - and despite our best efforts and my poking and prodding of bits of seaweed and kelp with my hiking poles, we failed to see anything resembling dinosaur footprints. The research tells us they are prints of sauropods, a group of huge, long-necked dinosaurs such as the brontosaurus and brachiosaurus. They date from about 170m years ago, in the Jurassic Period, and are heralded to be among the very best tracks of their kind in the world - we just couldn't see them today - but don't worry Grandies - we will try again!

So somewhat defeated as Archaeologists we changed to photographer mode and took some beach shots instead. Some interesting angles and things to see.

The rain was drizzling a bit, and it was windy, so a few problems with water on the lens, but still a good day out.

Back home we had some of my homemade Lentil Soup and fresh bread rolls - delicious!

Then it was time to sort out our photos from the day and get them backed up on the computer.

We even indulged in an afternoon nap, before some Scotch Broth for dinner and a movie, "Gold".