Last night I put the tree up. R is normally an expert on detangling the lights which always seem to knot themselves in the bag. Unfortunately I was a bit stupid last year and put two sets in the bag together, such that they had inextricably welded themselves together. In the end we had to […]

As anyone who reads this will know we have been deeply frustrated by our lack of Internet access since we moved in here. Basically we have been paying an awful lot more money for an awful lot less data than we got in Livingston for an awfully long time. But I have to give it […]

After simply appalling weather yesterday, the views of the mountains today were superb.

After years of being a devoted follower, I finally decided to apply for the GGBO. Here are a few pictures of my bakes, all arranged on our tea-table with the best china. I actually got a call from Love Productions and they said that I had got to the next stage – so here is […]

Earlier today Tora was on top of the microwave – this I can understand as there was chicken cooking in it. But why would he go here…. “I’m in your comms cabinet, speeding up your Internet”

Woke up this morning to find that it is snowing at loch level for the first time this year. Normally I love snow, but my mum and her friend were supposed to be coming for lunch today and I had made loads of food. One look at the web cam on the Rest though and […]

Quick visit to London to attend a reception with R who has been awarded a Crest Fellowship. Here he is getting his award from Ian Glover the head of Crest. This is quite an honour and is due to the fact that he has passed a top professional exam three times in a row. There […]

Unusually for a Sunday, it was a beautiful day today, and R and I climbed Beinn an Lochain (the mountain just to the right as you turn off the A83 towards Lochgoilhead). It was very frosty underfoot, and as we got higher we had to walk alongside the path, as the path itself was just […]

I’ve not been quite as organized as I might have been this year – largely due to pressure of work. I suddenly realized this week that Christmas was creeping up on me and I had done nothing. So during the course of the week I’ve ordered a few presents and some food – and today […]

We noticed these gentlemen in a field near Drimsynie – they are not natives of Argyll – unless I miss my guess they are belted Galloways from ‘down south’. They must be up here paying a visit to their northern friends the Heilan’ Coos which were placidly sharing the same field. They gave us a […]