We had the survey of Donich Lodge done – believe it or not we got all ‘1’s (meaning no fault found) on our Home Buyers’ Report.  I will give myself, R and J a lot of credit for this as we have fixed lots of things that we right out of our comfort zone.  In […]

Another lovely day today. Saphy loves the great outdoors, but unlike Lucky, she is a fair weather girl.  After a whole winter of hardly putting a foot outside the door, she has been revelling in the sunshine and following me around the garden.  She even climbed a tree – something I have never seen her […]

R and I went all the way up to the top of the waterfalls today.  I first went to the bridge at the base a few weeks ago, but this was my first go up (and down) the very steep and rough steps to the top since my operation.  Here I am looking triumphant. Then […]

Amber actually ventured outside on her own today.  She didn’t go far but she had a little wander (and ate some grass, doubtless for future vomiting up on a bed) and then lay on the doorstep enjoying the sun for over an hour. Amber must have had something very bad happen to her in the […]

This was the cake I made for my Mum for Mothers’ Day.  It is a simnel cake – apparently in the 18th and 19th centuries this was the traditional gift for girls who were out “in service” would take to their Mothers that day.  They would be given the day off and the cake would […]

This morning, R heard a panicked female voice calling from the attic.  He knew M was up there having an early stint sorting out boxes for their move before work.  He shot up the ladder to the loft where  M was standing staring at the far end of the long room.  “Can you hear a […]

We took my mum to the Knockderry House Hotel near Cove for afternoon tea today.  It was a lovely day; the photo is from the terrace outside the hotel. I have never been to the Cove peninsula before (many years ago we tried to go there – pre satnav and ended up taking the Dunoon […]

Getting the house ready for its Rightmove photos was quite a task. I generally keep the place reasonably clean and tidy – but for the photos this was not enough – the house had to be “staged”. The estate agent sent me 15 rules to be implemented, some of which were obvious (things like making […]

Our chainsaw sculpture coo “Heather” has acquired an extra element of authenticity, courtesy of the sheep which have now been in our garden for over a week. We are hoping they will stay.

Well R and I have lived here for eleven and a half, mostly very happy years, but the time has now come for us to say goodbye to Lochgoilhead and the banks of the Donich. We have been thinking about this for a while now, with several drivers behind it. Firstly, I’ve taken on a […]