Hard to believe that we were on the same planet as yesterday when we woke up this morning. The weather today has been simply gorgeous and I have managed to get quite a lot done in the garden (helped by both cats). There is still a fair bit of snow on the hills but the […]
The title is a quote from Winnie-the-Pooh and is a slight dramatic license as we are on a hill to the extent that we would be the last house standing if Loch Goil decided to break its banks. But even so it is impressively flooded around here today. We went to Dumbarton this afternoon and […]
I went out to put nuts out for the wildlife tonight and surprised a visiting badger who had arrived early and was stuffing down some sunflower seeds left by the birds this afternoon. He (or she) wasn’t very scared and we stared at each other for a minute or so before he snuffled off through […]
R happened to find this very interesting website covering heritage routes in Scotland. We noticed that not half a mile from our house is the ‘Lochgoilhead Carriage Road’ This is of particular interest because we really enjoy a walk you can find in the walking guide to the area (highly recommended) on the Lochgoilhead Holidays […]
R saw something he couldn’t resist on the Internet the other day and bought it for the boys… It is a cat bed with a built in ‘electric blanket’. I was a bit dubious because a lot of the time when you buy them something expensive they won’t touch it, but Schrodi found it almost […]
It’s been a while since I put a wildlife video up – so here is one from last night. We had heavy snow yesterday (it was off and on nearly all day) – in total we must have had nearly 10cm. That may not sound much, but I can assure you that by the time […]
Although I am kind of hoping that spring will arrive properly shortly, the village and surrounds are certainly looking very pretty in the snow.
Yesterday I added a comment to the ‘SeasonWatch’ section of this site to the effect that spring was a long way behind where it was this time last year. I based this on the fact that in early March 2014 the narcissi were out under the apple trees in the garden, whereas this year they […]
We went to Costco in Glasgow yesterday and bought (amongst other things) loads of nice fresh vegetables, fruit and fish. One of the few gripes we have with living in Lochgoilhead is that because it is well over an hour to the nearest supermarket we find it hard to keep stocked up with fresh food. […]
R has been in Dundee giving a presentation at a conference so I have been all on my own (apart from the cats of course). Today I went for a walk in splendid solitude and (no insult to R) but it was actually quite nice. I was under no pressure of time so I walked […]
