Off to Ostia Anica today – this was Rome’s port city in ancient times. Actually we had been going to go to Pompeii but it was a bit too far to do easily and I had been told Ostia was about as good with less people. It was. We walked right over to the other […]
This was our first full day in Rome and the idea was to see as much of Rome as we could – with a focus on the ancient sites as that is what J and I are most interested in. Even the drain covers have a theme here! We walked over from our apartment (near […]
Got to the airport at the crack of dawn. I’m not a fan of Ryanair, but to give them credit where credit is due, they left very promptly. We just had time for a bite of breakfast at the airport. When we arrived in Rome it was quite hot (about 25C) but not as bad […]
I’m off on holiday with my friend J today (R has no holiday left having used it earlier in the year and is on cat sitting duties). Today we went to Edinburgh where we stayed overnight at the airport Hilton as our flight to Rome in the morning is at the ungodly hour of 6:25 […]
I mentioned that Schrodi has suddenly developed a liking for bringing in field mice. Well unlike his usual short-tailed voles they are the proverbial bugger to catch (they almost seem to be able to teleport from one side of the room to another just when you think you have them cornered). The other day he […]
The more innocent readers may not get the reference in the title (don’t worry about it Mum)….. Anyway – these two squirrels were very funny. We have a new peanut feeder that they have had a bit of difficulty getting used to but finally seemed to have mastered. It is a deal bigger than the […]
My sister-in-law V is getting married next month and I have volunteered to make the wedding cake. This is a bit of a challenge, because not only is V a vegan, but her fiancé A doesn’t eat carbohydrate. Try as I might, I cannot create anything which has any resemblance to a proper cake and […]
R and I went to climb Cnoc Coinnich again today as R hasn’t been up there since it ‘became’ a Corbett. Unfortunately, the weather, which had supposed to be ok until lunchtime, was decidedly not ok, and by the time we were at 500m the clag had come down and the wind had come up […]
After ‘panicking’ because someone was poaching all the brambles, the season got into full swing this week and there are actually so many now that twenty people could go at them without making a serious dent. It is really a shame because I have now made 18 small jars of jelly, have processed and frozen […]
There are a lot of brambles (blackberries to southerners) around this area, and every year I make jelly from them, plus freeze several boxes for use over the year in assorted pies, crumbles etc. In previous years no one else seemed to have come after them much, with the exception of one elderly gentleman who […]
