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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What is the worst journey in mainland UK to undertake by any means of transport in January? My contender for this title is Lochgoilhead to Little Walsingham. Car – nine hours drive (not including breaks). A significant portion of this is on bad roads, first in Scotland and then in Norfolk. Flight – only vaguely […]
R and I went for a walk yesterday. It was pouring with rain and we got soaked to the skin (me more than R because he dresses more sensibly). This was some of the devastation caused to the trees around the Inverlounin loop path by the storm. Today it was more like this. Bitterly cold […]
We’ve had torrential rain the last few days and the rivers are super high. R and I went for a walk during a brief interval between downpours. The Donich was very high, but the Goil was even higher. We walked round to the community garden, but nearly went back when we saw the path was […]
Today is the final day of Mousemas and co-incidentally, also R’s birthday. He got a load of nice presents and cards, including three from the cats. This was from Saphy. This was from Amber And this was from Lucky (this will not be a prophecy, as like everyone else he is going on a diet […]
Some catnip teabags for the cats’ Mousemas presents turned up today. Many cats actually open their presents on Mousemas Eve as the 11th day of the festival is often called. The ladies liked the teabags, but it would be fair to say that Lucky really, really liked them. First of all he tried to eat […]
With all my medical woes over the last year, it has been a long old time since I have been up to the “Meeting of the Waters”, but today I returned. What has been putting me off is that the path is both rough and steep, but I managed it with no difficulty. When we […]
We had a nice meal of broccoli soup and monkfish cooked by my brother which was a bit on the healthier side than the roast beef that was our traditional boxing day fare. The crackers were from Kukoo Crackers and each had a little lego puzzle inside, with the theme being zoo animals. R managed […]
On the eighth day of Mousemas, cats recognize that humans have their own celebrations. This is rather like in grand houses in the last century, when servants were “given” an alternative day (say 27th December) to have their own special day of celebration in lieu of having to work their fingers off on the real […]
We all went over to Drimsynie tonight, where my brother hosted a very nice Italian meal. Antipasti, pasta primavera, vegetable pizzas and an Italian apple and pear cake. It was a long walk over there – 45 minutes “the short way” which involved some very muddy paths and trying not to ruin my new boots […]
