It's not often we go to Inverness, the nearest the Highlands has to 'the big city', but when we do it's because we have to - for example, to attend a hospital appointment; and the place is always a pleasant surprise, not least for the long walks that can be enjoyed through the woodland along the River Ness.
To get there we made use of our senior citizens' 'Saltire' card which entitles us to free travel on the bus to and from Inverness; and the one night we spent there was at one of the city's three Premier Inns, which are always clean, well-maintained and reasonably priced.
However, given a choice between a couple of days in Inverness and being at home, I would take the latter every time, especially if, as happened this morning, on entering the woods for our daily walk we are greeted by a red squirrel and....
....find a fungus which we haven't seen this year. This is, I think, a yellow brain fungus growing on the fungus' favourite host, gorse.
Not that Inverness is without wildlife. On the pavement beside a busy road into the city's Seafield industrial estate we spotted a pied wagtail, a bird we haven't seen here in ages.
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