Up the hill to Ceres

R and I went for a walk after dinner today.  We had to get petrol for our drive to Helensburgh tomorrow, so we parked the car at F&D and then walked up the hill towards Ceres.

It was a really beautiful night and the view over the fields was glorious.

Scotland is such a country of contrasts – it is hard to believe that the scene above is about 100 miles from where we used to live which looked more like this.

I honestly can’t say which I prefer.  For sheer dramatic beauty you have to give it to the Highlands, but as far as beauty combined with being a nice place to live, I have to come down for the east of the central belt.