What a difference a day makes. I know, I know⦠how many times have I said that before?!? I cannot tell you the relief that comes with that last wee episode being over.
I woke up calm and relaxed and determined to make the best of the rest of my holiday. So here I am on the Isle of Arran, sitting directly across the bay from Brodick harbour watching CalMacās Isle of Arran head back out to Ardrossan.

So hereās a snapshot of my trip today.

It is a beautiful day. The forecast is for sunshine and thankfully my head is finally calm and able to enjoy it.
I feel way more grounded than I did yesterday. That antsy, unsettled feeling has gone.
Thereās hardly a sound.
Thatās why I walked all the way around the bayā¦. To be as far from other people as I could.

That sums it up. The universe whacked me with its 2 by 4 this week. I went to Kinesiology, got help and now Iām back on track.

The bad stuff that had me worried hasnāt changed. I still need to review my options to allow us to do better than to just (financially) āget byāā¦. But Iām not screaming like some spoiled toddler at the thought of looking into it. Iām able to accept I couldnāt get abroad for a holiday or away in the van. None of that matters just the here and now and knowing everything will work out the way itās meant to.

There is always a bright side.
I canāt see that when I have a bad day. The noise in my head is incessant. I am all over the place. Completely irrational.
I couldnāt have come over to Arran by ferry yesterday as I knew I still felt bad yet here I am today like Heidi the mountain goat, skipping around the place, relaxed, calm and revelling in the present moment. what a relief to be back.
I set off around 8.30am and drove to Ardrossan harbour where I parked in the long stay car park. The CalMac ferry costs Ā£8.60 to get over to Arran and back. We canāt even get to Glasgow from home for that amount. I couldnāt believe how cheap it was.
Theyāre doing work on Ardrossan pier so you do have to walk onto the car deck.

Arran was in the middle of a lovely cloud inversion.

The sailing was lovely. So calm and beautiful in the sunshine.
I couldnāt believe this butterfly photobombed my zoomed in shot. I thought it was a bird and looked up from my phone only to find it was a butterfly right in front of my face! Iām attracting them from everywhere just now!



CalMacās famous red funnel looks amazing against the blue sky.

So todays funny Julie story is all about my denim shorts. 𩳠I have two pairs, one long which I donāt really like and one short which I really love. The short shorts do not leave the houseā¦..they are not obscenely short but they are short. i really wanted to wear them and Craig said they looked great but I felt like I was too old to walk about in them. I set off wearing them but packed my leggings at the last minute.
When I got to Ardrossan I changed into the leggingsā¦. There, that feels betterā¦. First woman I see is older than me and wearing way shorter shorts than my short shorts. š¤¦š»āāļøš¤·š»āāļøš„“š
Now to be fair, it was cold on the ferry over at times so I was glad of the warmth but first thing I did when we docked was get out of the leggings and back into the shorts.
I am leading my legs around for all to see and itās okā¦. I am surviving.

Anyway I digress, again, whatās new. (Just thinking when you read this, you never really know which version of me you are going to get⦠least that way itās never dullā¦š„“š)
Goat Fell dominates Brodick bay. Itās called that as itās shaped like the head of a goat and stands at 874m and is one of 4 Corbetts on Arran.

I took a walk around the bay, into a couple of shops but was heading right across from where this photo is taken so I can look back at the town.

One of my favourite Arran photos from years ago is on the right and a similar shot taken today!! How sadā¦.

Love the cloud reflections in this next one.

Beautiful bright red berries against the blue sky!

And finally down onto the beach.




The tide is coming in and I love sitting here writing and watching it. Here comes the Caledonian Isles again so I guess Iāll be on the Isle of Arran ferry heading back⦠getting my toenails done at 5.15 and didnāt want to cancel and wait another few weeks.

So hereās todays way happier face in comparisonā¦.almost as bright as the first one last week and WAY happier than that one I took on Monday morning. It will come.

Stick with the bad times and always see them through. You may not know it but better times are ahead of you.
Iām going to stop this for now and enjoy the rest of my day. Iām sure there will be a million more photos to share but they can wait.
Thanks for all the words of encouragement through the tough times. It means a lot.
Stay safe everyone ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø