Cats are strange creatures.  Tora hates his cat carrier with a passion when it is time to go to the vet.  But yesterday, having left it on the spare room bed, we found him sound asleep in it. Then there is Schrodi who thought it would be nice to sleep half in the bed, half […]

Another nice day today and R and I climbed Beinn Vorlich from Loch Sloy.  We had had a go at this one during our staycation in 2015, but a combination of driving rain and high wind defeated us.  Today it was a bit windy, but quite fair. There were some good views from the top, […]

I got another badge from Fitbit this week – they are few and far between now as I have all the easy ones and they are becoming increasingly difficult to get.  This one is for 500 flights of stairs (equivalent) in one day.

It was miserable weather yet again this morning.  R and I walked around Inverary for a while, went to the woollen mill and didn’t buy anything.  Then we thought about walking up to the folly at the castle but the rain was coming down heavily so we didn’t and just went home again. I was […]

The cats and I were in the kitchen the other night when I glanced out of the window to see the largest pine marten I’ve ever seen nosing around the bird feeding area.  Both cats saw him and started to get very excited – I actually had to grab Schrodi who was all ready to […]

R seems to have developed a bit of a wheat allergy.  I never knew you could “develop” allergies, I thought you were born with them – but R seems to have managed it.  I wish he could have been allergic to something a bit more convenient, because avoiding wheat is a right pain in the […]

Ever since R and I started climbing a couple of years ago – my dream has been to climb Ben Nevis – not using the normal “Tourist Route” (which basically involves several hours of walking up a steep man made path in the company of other people) but via the Carn Mor Dearg (CMD) Arete […]

As I said, R and I have this week off as a “staycation” – our idea was to do some climbing – starting off in the local area to avoid the roads over the weekend and to finish off a few (notably Stob Eas) mountains we haven’t done yet.  Then after the bank holiday was […]

I can’t say that R and I are keen gardeners – in fact I am not that keen and to describe him as keen would be like saying that the late Iain Paisley was fond of Catholics.  So the garden has got much scruffier and more wildlife friendly (that is a nice way of putting […]