I just watched the BBC documentary, Contagion: The BBC Four Pandemic. It’s very good and I can’t believe […]
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Day 4 of quarantine and Elizabeth said to me today, “Quarantine is going pretty well”. She may feel […]
I’ve got aches and pains all over and am hobbling around like a wounded animal. No, it’s not […]
Schools will be closing on Friday this week for the foreseeable future. It’s unlikely they will open again […]
I’m really snowed under with work and cycling-related activities right now that I couldn’t be bothered cooking dinner […]
This is going to be a long post with lots of photos so apologies in advance. We’ve just […]
We’ve just had a lovely weekend at the Barley Bothy: a little hut on a strawberry and sheep […]
We took our Aussie visitor to Braemar for a walk up Creag Coinnich today. Creag Coinnich is a […]
Last time we visited Loch Muick it was so windy we had to shout at one another to […]
It’s lebkuchen time of year which means it’s time to share my recipe. It has become a tradition […]
This morning we walked up East Lomond Hill in Fife. It was a pretty short walk from the […]
We’ve had the most relaxing weekend at the Pillars of Hercules Bothy just outside Falkland. The bothy is […]
We visited the Cairngorm reindeer herd near Aviemore today. Reindeer are native to Scotland but were hunted to […]
We went for a walk around Loch Morlich today. Loch Morlich is an inland fresh-water loch near Aviemore […]
Snow has returned to Scotland and today we went to Braemar in search of some fun. Braemar is […]
It’s history in the making today with politicians in Holyrood voting to make it a criminal offence for […]
Yesterday we went out to Deeside Log Cabins to get a part for our shed (we bought our […]
We went for a walk up Scolty Hill today which is a small hill just south of Banchory. […]
Last Monday was a bank holiday here and we took the opportunity to visit Pitmedden Gardens. Despite being […]
Yesterday was hot. BBC weather says it was 24C here which felt pretty awful. How did I ever […]
