Back in Sept 2023 I walked the Inverlounin Loop which was one of the two walks R and I did nearly every day. Towards the end of the month I had the fatal slip on the top path part of this walk which finally did for my ankle and let me in for a year […]
As part of my further investigation into ultra-processed food, R and I tried a taste test. We are both fond of yoghurt. I eat natural Skyr with fresh fruit – ingredients: milk, fruit and R eats raspberry Ski – Ingredients – Low Fat Yogurt (Milk), Sugar, raspberry Puree from Concentrate (2.5%), Rice Starch, Natural Flavourings, […]
I walked over to the holiday village at the other side of the loch today (I was once told off for calling it a “holiday camp”). There is a swimming pool there and it is open weekends so I wanted to see how far it was. It turned out to be 1.5 miles. Then I […]
Now a veritable palace has appeared. Our new garage was installed on to its base today – it took all of three hours as it is made of prefabricated panels. A straggly hedge was cut back to make room for it and to ensure that there was still room for the Calor lorry to make […]
R bought me a projector and Apple TV box for my birthday. Today we tried it out in the lounge; we removed a couple of paintings from the wall and projected the video on to it. We watched the BBC’s “Asia” program and it was fantastic – the projector is a real cinema like experience […]
Back in August R was speaking at a conference in Sheffield. This particular conference always seems to give a little tube of seeds away with the freebies in the “goodie bag” (normally it is pens, bottle openers etc). Last year I grew the seeds and they turned out to be some quite successful chilis. This […]
My birthday today – as it was a Monday I actually celebrated it yesterday. R took me to the spa at the Cameron House by Loch Lomond side. This was very nice of him as spas are definitely not his bag. Rather unwillingly he went in all the different heat treatments and the Jacuzzi, but […]
Nearly up to the top of the main hill. Once I get there (hopefully in a few days time) – I can have a go at the full Inverlounin loop walk. It is quite hard going on these paths because they are simultaneously steep and rough. Very appropriately, 3 miles is also 10,000 steps. We […]
We paid a surprise visit to my Mum on Halloween evening dressed up as ghosts. We sang “Three Little Ghosts from tombs are we” as our party piece at the door. I had carved a cat pumpkin for the occasion. Then my brother turned up dressed as the grim reaper and brought cocktails. They were […]
I went out on the coach road about half a mile beyond the “big stone” for two and a half miles in total. I have now abandoned the stick apart for the first time I do walks that may be rough (I have the waterfall walk in my sights). Lovely autumn day. There were some […]
