Today was the first snow on Bheula (717m); this is about an average date for its first appearance, and by the sound of it we have a cold week to come.  My estimate is that the snowline is at about 500m today, so a long way from affecting us down at loch level. By way […]

Today I walked to Rock Cottage on the Inverlounin Road (and back obviously).  This is about 3.5m in total. The cottage itself is owned by a nice couple from London who we used to know slightly.  There is a fantastic badger sett in their garden, and R and I (well R really) set cameras up […]

For November this is very nice.  We walked round by the Inverlounin Road today and this was the view from the seafront.  I must have a hundred pictures of that view, but it is not one you ever get tired of.    

My Mum told me the other day that she had always wanted to go to the Loch Fyne Oyster bar.  Unfortunately it would be very difficult to get her there as we would need to drive all the way to Rhu to pick her up, then drive her to Loch Fyne and all the way […]

R and I were discussing snow on Beinn Bheula. This is the Corbett directly in front of our house and is 771m high. There has been no snow on it yet as we move from autumn to winter, and we couldn’t remember exactly how often there was snow in the second week of November. So […]

For anyone who doesn’t know what a “purrito” is, it is something which happens to very naughty cats who won’t take their medicine. Saphy has a urinary infection, and yesterday R had to take her to the vet in Dunoon. She was not good on the way there or the way back, or when we […]

Back in Sept 2023 I walked the Inverlounin Loop which was one of the two walks R and I did nearly every day. Towards the end of the month I had the fatal slip on the top path part of this walk which finally did for my ankle and let me in for a year […]

As part of my further investigation into ultra-processed food, R and I tried a taste test. We are both fond of yoghurt. I eat natural Skyr with fresh fruit – ingredients: milk, fruit and R eats raspberry Ski – Ingredients – Low Fat Yogurt (Milk), Sugar, raspberry Puree from Concentrate (2.5%), Rice Starch, Natural Flavourings, […]

I walked over to the holiday village at the other side of the loch today (I was once told off for calling it a “holiday camp”). There is a swimming pool there and it is open weekends so I wanted to see how far it was. It turned out to be 1.5 miles. Then I […]

Now a veritable palace has appeared. Our new garage was installed on to its base today – it took all of three hours as it is made of prefabricated panels. A straggly hedge was cut back to make room for it and to ensure that there was still room for the Calor lorry to make […]