Dec 14th, 2015
Read More2016 Calendar
I made a calendar with some nice pictures from the last year in it. Hoping that everyone reading this will enjoy it and Merry Christmas (definitely not Happy Holidays) to all. lochgoilcalendar2016
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Dec 8th, 2015
Read MoreIn Bruges
I just got back from a mini-break in Bruges and Ghent with J (R has used all his holidays for the year – plus we have serious cat-sitter issues at the moment). I have to admit that after recent events I was a bit worried about visiting Belgium, and in particular, Brussels. But (of course) […]
Nov 30th, 2015
Read MoreClove Orange
I made my first clove orange when I was at school and I make a few of them at Christmas most years. I find the process of making them very therapeutic, and the smell they make through the house is incredibly evocative of the season. I’m going to make several and give them as stocking […]
Nov 30th, 2015
Read MoreNaughty or nice…
I’ve started buying my Christmas presents and they are being delivered here in dribs and dabs.. R nearly had an ‘amusing’ experience on Christmas day, as when a delivery arrived for me last week, it was approximately the size and shape I had been expecting for his main present. So (it being an awkward shape) […]
Nov 29th, 2015
Read MoreFirst snow at the house today
There’s been snow on the mountains for weeks now, but today for the first time we had some at loch level, albeit rather slushy and unpleasant snow. R and I walked up to the side of Beinn Donich and looked at the Stone of the Britons through the driving snow. It is strange to think […]
Nov 29th, 2015
Read MoreChristmas Preparations
I started my Christmas preparations yesterday by making my cake. I’ve a rather temperamental oven which I inherited from the former owner of the house (unfortunately it is one of those ‘too good to bin’ things as I think it would have been very expensive) and it tends to run very hot. In my previous […]
Nov 22nd, 2015
Read MoreFantastic day today
After all the rain recently, the weather today was perfect for late November. Crisp and perfectly clear with snow on the mountains above about 400m. R and I knew we had to get out and do a mountain after both being confined to base over the last week with the colds we imported from Finland. […]
Nov 16th, 2015
Read MoreImported Lurgy strikes
R and I knew it was bad news when a woman on the plane next to us on the way back from Finland was constantly sneezing. True to form, we have both come down with awful colds. I actually thought I might get away with it, but two days after R succumbed, I got it […]
Nov 13th, 2015
Read MoreSnow Today
Hard to believe it, but after the mild weather over the last few weeks, today the winter has finally arrived. Beinn Bheula in the photo is white with snow.
Nov 12th, 2015
Read MoreFinland
No post in the last week as have been on holiday in Finland. I greatly enjoyed myself, although I must say that November is probably not the best time to visit, as all the summer activities have finished up, and none of the winter ones started. There is something to be said for doing all […]