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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Here are some rolls I made for the weekend in the shape of hedgehogs. They are filled with cheese, onion and bacon. Actually hedgehogs are one form of wildlife we don’t have here as they are not compatible with badgers which are the only creatures that can kill and eat them. We used to have […]
R and I have decided to have a go at climbing Mont Blanc next year. This is the highest mountain in Europe at 4808m – so no minor challenge. As a preparation for it – we are going to climb Mount Tiede in Tenerife in January – this is a mere 3718m. I actually thought […]
R bought the cats a little turtle toy which we stuffed with catnip today. Unfortunately they don’t seem that interested so it can’t be the really good stuff. This is Schrodi on the bed with the turtle.
First thing this morning, Beinn Bheula was absolutely clear of cloud. Two hours later you couldn’t even see the mountain at all. In fact, you could hardly see the houses at the edge of the village. Half an hour later and Bheula is back again. R and I call this type of weather “Goily” which […]
I thought the sparrowhawk had moved on out of our garden – but it is obviously still around as we got a very nice shot of it in the webcam. It’s the most beautiful bird – although of course it is entirely inimical to all our chaffinches and tits. Having said that – we have […]
I had a go at making some home made flaky pastry which turned out pretty well. Actually the GBBO has been very inspirational for me as I never used to make this stuff before. The picture shows my sausage rolls with the home made pastry.
We went up Beinn Donich again today. Broadly this year has been a rotten year for climbing and we haven’t managed to get many new mountains done, but today was an exception. It was just the right temperature and very sunny too. Here are some of the photos…. While we were walking down the hill […]
I got a rather nice picture of the moon over our garden as I went out for a walk early the other day. Also some rather spectacular clouds over Beinn Bheula.
Our apple trees keep producing more and more fruit this year – to the extent that I am struggling to know what to do with it. Today I am making a load of apple jelly – hopefully my father who is very fond of preserves of all sorts will appreciate it. This has only cleared […]
We saw an amusing encounter between a young fox and a large badger the other night. The fox was originally eating the peanuts when the badger arrived. For a few moments it looked as though it was going to stand its ground but the badger just glared at it and it quickly backed off. The […]
