Our first full day dawned with beautiful weather (which according to the forecast would be the last sun we would see all week). We cruised down the “Upper Lough” which is very wide and very empty. Comparing it to the Norfolk broads which we visited a few years ago, not crashing into things was very […]
We had a giant “Full Irish” breakfast in the hotel. These are before and after pictures of J’s plate. Then we went to see the Marble Arch caves which are part of a huge Unesco Geopark (I’d never heard of one of these before). Apparently they were where the Beric Dondarion scenes in Game of Thrones were […]
We set off today to go cruising round Lough Erne in Northern Ireland for a week. Of course with the weather having been beautiful last week – we are expecting it will pour down all the time we are away. In the confined quarters of the boat I can’t help imagining it will be like […]
I’ve not said so much about walking over the last couple of weeks. Reason for this is that in a burst of middle aged enthusiasm I signed up for the Edinburgh Half-Marathon. All went well for the first couple of weeks training, and then I was running back from Coran in a pair of barefoot […]
R is away in Glasgow giving a presentation tonight. I had to laugh at the title of one of his slides “Surface Attack”. This is actually refers to something which is not that interesting unless you are into IT Security, but it made me think of something else entirely. So below you can see the […]
In spite of the snow and low temperatures over the last few days, the plum tree is still covered in blossom, so perhaps all will be well for later in the year. I do hope so as Victoria plums are a real favourite of mine. Today the weather is really ‘goily’ with sunshine and squalls […]
We went to see V in Stirling today. I brought her a couple of homemade vegan treats. Firstly a tea loaf – this was seriously nice – no dairy or fat and considerably less sugar than most cakes, but tastes really moist and rich. Make 10 fl oz strong tea. Add 8 oz sultanas or […]
We got a new webcam for the shed recently. It is much higher resolution than the old one – which in one respect is great (in that the video is obviously far better quality), but unfortunately it means that motion under the fence where the wildlife comes from is not tripping off the motion detector […]
With a vengeance…. Yesterday my ASDA order had to be cancelled as there was snow on the Rest, and our road got blocked by cars getting stuck on it. Doubtless this would be tourists in what R calls “summer cars” but actually I hardly blame them – it can’t be too great to be heading […]
I’d been trying to find this photo for a while as I had mislaid it – R managed to find it today. The location is Lochgoilhead in front of what is now the post office, and the baby in the pram is me. As I look about a year old, I will date myself by saying […]
