I can’t make up my mind whether spring is here or not. Thick snow all over the mountains from about 200m today and going up the path to Beinn Donich the snow was so thick on the path that I wished I had put my new crampons on because it was seriously slippy. But down […]
R noticed a bit of a kerfuffle going on outside his office last night. When we checked the webcam we saw two badgers having a bit of a tussle (click the picture to see the video). Not sure if they were mating, or whether they didn’t like each other (I think the former as I […]
Going up to the waterfall the other day we noticed that there was frog spawn in one of the pools by the side of the path. Strangely this particular pool always seems to get the frog spawn earliest – and the first year we were here I got my feet soaking wet filling a jar […]
I was visiting my parents this week. Actually I had hoped to surprise them by just turning up – but the one bus a week that goes straight from Dumfries to the tiny hamlet where they live entirely failed to materialize. Very luckily, my Mum happened to be in Dumfries that afternoon, and even more […]
R got me some lovely romantic Valentine’s Day presents. First I got a box filled with red heart balloons (and “I love you” at the bottom of the box) and then later in the day, a lovely bunch of red roses and some very moreish chocolates. Here they all are on the mantelpiece – hopefully […]
It seemed a nice morning today and R and I set off early to climb Cnoc Coinnich. Although the MWis (mountain weather forecast service) said it was going to be windy – there was zero sign of it at loch level – in fact it was very pleasant and spring like. About two thirds of […]
I tried making bagels today to take to N’s tomorrow. Actually I made them for the first time the other day, but they didn’t turn out quite right (they taste ok but they are more like rolls than bagels and also I didn’t glaze them so they are not the right colour), so I gave […]
R and I were having a coffee and a chat in the kitchen today when we heard an almighty crash from the other end of the house. We shot along to his office, passed by Schrodi streaking in the opposite direction. The sight we saw is in the photo. R has been collecting all the […]
Our friends the Hienlan Coos were out in strength this morning and in fact were pretty effectively blocking the path. They seem to have their calves at unusual times of the year (at least from my very limited farming knowledge – largely based on having read “The Children of Cherry Tree farm) – the top […]
My Mum was clearing out her attic the other day and found some old friends of mine carefully wrapped up in a shoe box. These were Mrs Bun and Baby Bun, Mrs Ted and Baby Ted, and when I was a child, I played with them until they were nearly worn out. Even so, these […]
