Dec 16th, 2017
Read MoreBit of a cold snap
Incredible beautiful at the moment although cold and very slippy. Here are a few photos. R and I cleared the drive twice today.
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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Dec 13th, 2017
Read MoreRun up to Christmas
Last night I put the tree up. R is normally an expert on detangling the lights which always seem to knot themselves in the bag. Unfortunately I was a bit stupid last year and put two sets in the bag together, such that they had inextricably welded themselves together. In the end we had to […]
Dec 12th, 2017
Read MoreWell done to R!
As anyone who reads this will know we have been deeply frustrated by our lack of Internet access since we moved in here. Basically we have been paying an awful lot more money for an awful lot less data than we got in Livingston for an awfully long time. But I have to give it […]
Dec 8th, 2017
Read MoreSome fantastic pictures from today
After simply appalling weather yesterday, the views of the mountains today were superb.
Dec 2nd, 2017
Read MoreSome of my bakes
After years of being a devoted follower, I finally decided to apply for the GGBO. Here are a few pictures of my bakes, all arranged on our tea-table with the best china. I actually got a call from Love Productions and they said that I had got to the next stage – so here is […]
Nov 27th, 2017
Read MoreFunny place to choose….
Earlier today Tora was on top of the microwave – this I can understand as there was chicken cooking in it. But why would he go here…. “I’m in your comms cabinet, speeding up your Internet”
Nov 24th, 2017
Read MoreWinter Wonderland
Woke up this morning to find that it is snowing at loch level for the first time this year. Normally I love snow, but my mum and her friend were supposed to be coming for lunch today and I had made loads of food. One look at the web cam on the Rest though and […]
Nov 23rd, 2017
Read MoreIn London
Quick visit to London to attend a reception with R who has been awarded a Crest Fellowship. Here he is getting his award from Ian Glover the head of Crest. This is quite an honour and is due to the fact that he has passed a top professional exam three times in a row. There […]
Nov 19th, 2017
Read MoreBeinn an Lochain
Unusually for a Sunday, it was a beautiful day today, and R and I climbed Beinn an Lochain (the mountain just to the right as you turn off the A83 towards Lochgoilhead). It was very frosty underfoot, and as we got higher we had to walk alongside the path, as the path itself was just […]
Nov 18th, 2017
Read MoreRun up to Christmas
I’ve not been quite as organized as I might have been this year – largely due to pressure of work. I suddenly realized this week that Christmas was creeping up on me and I had done nothing. So during the course of the week I’ve ordered a few presents and some food – and today […]