A castle, a garden and some more familiar names

In the last post, I mentioned the number of places we saw on the map with Scottish names in this … More

Spring has sprung: flowers, bees and chicken

Spring is the time of plans and projects so they say (actually, I think it was Tolstoy?), and although part … More

It’s been one of those slow weeks, with nothing much to report. I was off work, sick, on Monday, and … More

Some of you may have seen the fuss in the media this week about Gwyneth Paltrow’s attempt to live off … More

After the lovely weather yesterday, it is raining today. It isn’t cold, just wet, but not a nice day to … More

At last we have a weekend with no plans and nothing in the diary – hoorah! So we had a … More