The loch shows an infinite variety of faces as the light hits it on different days.
Lucky used to be a stray girl but has now found her new identity as a Donich Lodge boy (the vet discovered he was male when we took “her” to be spayed). He would ask you to respect his new pronouns.
The high mountain pass over the Rest and be Thankful is the main route out of the village. Here it is in winter.
Spring sky over the mountain tops.
Sunset from our front door step.
A misty moon over the mountains as darkness falls.
View over towards the loch from near the summit of Cnoc Coinnich.
A rainbow appears in a clear interval between showers.
Lochgoilhead in the distance on a clear spring morning.
As the year turns, the mountains are white on most days.
Looking across the loch from the village, clouds form a band across the hills.
Tora and Schrodi our snow Bengal brothers used to live here. RIP both of you
A dragonfly pauses for a rest by the side of our pond.
The weather here can be appalling. Here gales and torrential rain have blocked one of the village’s few roads.
The colours on the mountains fade to muted browns as autumn approaches.
The Donich Water in one of its kinder moods as it runs through our garden.
One of a myriad insects pollinating our heather.
A group of wild haggis have made a den down by the river.
Our new Highland Tiger Saphy prowling her territory. She is a demon for the wildlife with her specialized prey item being shrews. She is not adverse to mice, voles or birds however.
This is Amber aka as Bramble. She is big, black, rather podgy and a bit of a scaredy cat. We had her cloned shortly after she arrived.
Although we don’t get much snow at loch level, the higher mountains are covered for five months or so of the year
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The government recently applied their ‘sugar tax’ – I’m in general quite opposed to using taxation to enforce one set of people’s moral values on the rest of the population, but I found it interesting that they think it needed to be done. Because here’s the thing (and I’ve done some fairly intensive browsing of […]
R and I went for our first bike ride since arriving in Lochgoilhead today. It was a very pretty morning with lots of lambs in striped sports socks trying out grazing for the first time and looking as though they decided that they preferred Mum! Then just as we were turning into the woods, we […]
Some years ago R and I did a 1940s diet. This involved eating (as far as possible) only food that was available on the 1944 UK rations – so very little meat, fat, sweets etc. and lots of brown bread, carrots and assorted brassicas. The idea was not only to lose some weight, but […]
How R and I do love our Nespresso machine. The capsules are a little pricey (though nothing on going to a Starbucks), but they make a lovely espresso or latte in minimal time with no mess. I wanted to take ours on holiday to Aigas last year but R wouldn’t let me because he said […]
I added to my mountain collection this afternoon by climbing Beinn Reithe, which is the one next to Cnoc Coinnich further down the peninsula towards Coran Lochan. I set out about 12:30 – it was a nice day for a walk, quite cold but still and with the sun peeping through from time to time. […]
By sleeping on the ottoman.. For anyone who doesn’t recognize the quote – is is from AA Milne… A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise. Our Teddy Bear is short and fat, Which is not to be wondered at; He gets what exercise he can By falling off the ottoman, But generally […]
Last year I picked so many brambles that there was no realistic prospect of eating them all (even made into jelly they don’t really keep their flavour well for more than a few months). So following a tip from the River Cottage book of preserves, I juiced a load of them and then froze it […]
There was a funny clip on the shedcam last night (click on the photo for the video). This was Schrodi attempting to see a badger off and temporarily succeeding before Mr Brock realized that the aggressor was a lot smaller than him and returning peacefully to his main interest (the peanuts). Actually later on that […]
I glanced out of the kitchen windows this afternoon as I was making the coffee to see the gentleman in the picture. We’ve caught a glimpse of him before, but this is the first time he has sat still to get his photo taken. He was definitely after the little birds because (aware of his […]
I just got my New Zealand badge from Fitbit today – means that I have walked 999 miles since I got it in October. Actually I am also doing the View Ranger “Walk 1000 miles in 2016” Challenge. I am in 59th place at the moment on 400 miles – but that is actually doing […]
