Lang may yer lum reek (may you have fuel in your hearth and smoke in your chimney).

While Scotland has many Hogmanay traditions mine is always to get out a walk on New Years Day. This morning was gloriously sunny, after what feels like weeks of rain - and as much as I love rain, sun is a welcome change.

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So here’s my New years walk, around a reservoir which sits at the bottom of my favourite hill, just a few miles from Loch Lomond.