Duthie Park

We're right in the middle of summer

and I never thought I'd actually say this but...

Aberdeen is HOT!

The lazy-sun-that's-been-on-welfare-the-past-9-months is actually at work!

It's actually possible to get sunburnt.

And definitely possible to get a heatstroke...

as I found out the other day when I went out for half an hour

to the shop (to buy a stamp) and back.

BBC's weather centre said it was 26 degrees that day,

but I am adament it was definitely NOT 26 degrees -

Not lest it would be unambiguously embarrassing for an indigenous tropical individual to get a heatstroke at 26 degrees.

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That said,

summer is really lovely for picnics,

long strolls (provided it's really 26 degrees),

and hanging out in parks.

Elli and I spent quite a bit of time in Duthie Park the week before

and again last week...

Flip open travel guides on Scotland and most will

highlight Aberdeen's Duthie Park as a tourist attraction.

At first sight it is very ordinary...

But tucked away in the park,

beside a seemingly out-of-place modern building,

is a rose hill...

...that is gloriously beautiful.

An ascending spiral of roses of assorted colours...

The beauty of roses that poets write about

can be found in these roses.

Not quite the same as the roses from the florist.

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Next post:

The amazing "seemingly out-of-place modern building"

in Duthie Park.
(The horticultural version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" sans Johnny Depp)

That is definitely a must-see in Aberdeen.