What is the worst journey in mainland UK to undertake by any means of transport in January? My contender for this title is Lochgoilhead to Little Walsingham. Car – nine hours drive (not including breaks). A significant portion of this is on bad roads, first in Scotland and then in Norfolk. Flight – only vaguely […]

R and I went for a walk yesterday. It was pouring with rain and we got soaked to the skin (me more than R because he dresses more sensibly). This was some of the devastation caused to the trees around the Inverlounin loop path by the storm. Today it was more like this. Bitterly cold […]

My Mum used to have a cat called Heidi (he was actually a boy – at least when Lucky had his “sex change” he had a gender neutral name). She loved him dearly, and I am sure he was a nice cat at heart, but he had had a hard life with a previous owner […]

We’ve had torrential rain the last few days and the rivers are super high. R and I went for a walk during a brief interval between downpours. The Donich was very high, but the Goil was even higher. We walked round to the community garden, but nearly went back when we saw the path was […]

Today is the final day of Mousemas and co-incidentally, also R’s birthday. He got a load of nice presents and cards, including three from the cats. This was from Saphy. This was from Amber And this was from Lucky (this will not be a prophecy, as like everyone else he is going on a diet […]

Some catnip teabags for the cats’ Mousemas presents turned up today.  Many cats actually open their presents on Mousemas Eve as the 11th day of the festival is often called. The ladies liked the teabags, but it would be fair to say that Lucky really, really liked them. First of all he tried to eat […]

With all my medical woes over the last year, it has been a long old time since I have been up to the “Meeting of the Waters”, but today I returned. What has been putting me off is that the path is both rough and steep, but I managed it with no difficulty. When we […]

We had a nice meal of broccoli soup and monkfish cooked by my brother which was a bit on the healthier side than the roast beef that was our traditional boxing day fare.  The crackers were from Kukoo Crackers and each had a little lego puzzle inside, with the theme being zoo animals.  R managed […]

On the eighth day of Mousemas, cats recognize that humans have their own celebrations.  This is rather like in grand houses in the last century, when servants were “given” an alternative day (say 27th December) to have their own special day of celebration in lieu of having to work their fingers off on the real […]

We all went over to Drimsynie tonight, where my brother hosted a very nice Italian meal.  Antipasti, pasta primavera, vegetable pizzas and an Italian apple and pear cake. It was a long walk over there – 45 minutes “the short way” which involved some very muddy paths and trying not to ruin my new boots […]