I did some baking the other night of various things to take with us on picnics. First I made some ‘Cornish’ pasties – these were definitely not authentic (I know there is a lot of controversy about carrot v. swede v. potato), so perhaps I should call them ‘Argyll’ pasties. I made a basic pastry […]
Today we took the lunchtime Dunoon bus to Strachur, and walked back along the Cowal way. We’ve been wanting to do this one since we moved in, but it is a bit awkward because it is really too far (9 miles each way) to easily walk out and back, and because the buses don’t run […]
Day three of the home holiday, and unfortunately R’s dodgy knee has started playing up after our epic (1167m) ascent on Sunday. So we decided to have a rest from climbing and go out to the Kintyre peninsula. We went out on the ferry from Portavadie to Tarbert. Looks as though the new marina, restaurant […]
Day two of our ‘staycation’ and the weather dawned quite a bit better. We set out to climb The Brack (a Corbett) and Cnoc Coinnich (1m off being a Corbett – so a very big Graham). My full account of the trip is here – http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=56212 but basically we had a very hard but good […]
Today was the first day of our ‘staycation’ and of course after a lovely week when we were both hard at work, today the weather was filthy… It wasn’t tooooo bad when we got up at 6:30 – just a bit cloudy and dreich with a little drizzle and no wind. So we decided to […]
Last night my sister-in-law V and her partner A came to dinner. This was a real challenge for me because V is a vegan and A is intolerant of carbohydrate and doesn’t eat sugar. Wow – what to make? I racked my brains a bit and came up with this…. Everything was home made (well […]
I was just going to sleep about 11pm yesterday when all of a sudden I heard a faint noise that sounded a bit like a cat fight. For a moment I thought it was my imagination, and then I noticed that Tora, who was sleeping on my pillow had pricked his ears up. Then it […]
And further to my last post I can’t resist commenting on the woeful condition of the Cowal Way. I’m not expecting it to be a manicured path with steps and railings (in fact I would hate it to be like that), but at the moment it is hardly a path at all, and the guide […]
R and I seemed fated never to make it up the mountain that dominates our skyline (Bheula to the front, Donich to the back). Last spring we set off to do it and made it to the bottom of the first assent before realizing that it was way too cold to have worn shorts. Then […]
When I was a child I lived in rural Cumbria, and my dream was always to live in a big city (preferably London). I was going to be a barrister and live in a smart apartment with a fancy sports car, wear designer clothes and go to the theatre and the opera a lot. I […]
