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Two Castles
J and I continued our tour of Scottish Castles today. This was our longest trip so far; we went up to Braemar and Balmoral. Of course today was gorgeous weatherwise, and the scenery…
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At the station
R was away in Glasgow today and as I generally do, I met him at the station. There were some lovely flowers at the entrance. But I don’t know whether ScotRail are just…
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Wardrobe
I’ve finally turned my attention to our spare upstairs bedroom – or as we call it “the Turret Room” because it has a nice view over our battlements and a small balcony. In…
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Strawberry Cakes
I did some further fruit picking at Carnie’s and had a few strawberries left over. At the last minute I decided to make some cakes to take to church. Rather than a classic…
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Dishwasher
R and I went to see my Mum in Rhu today (we went on a new route via the A9 which I thought was ok – a bit further round that the A91…
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Two for the bucket list
When we lived right out in the back of beyond in Lochgoilhead, amongst the things I always really wanted to do was go to a “Pick your own fruit farm” and a decent…
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Waterlilies and hard labour
So far we have five waterlily buds between our two ponds. The first one came out yesterday. Unfortunately no time for looking at flowers today as I am back to decorating. I finally…
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An evening promenade
I haven’t been to St Andrews for a while so I thought I would go for a stroll along the sea front today after the “tourists had gone home” – partially because I…
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Yorkshire Puddings
I have never had much luck with Yorkshire Puddings. My mum made them (pre-fan oven) when I was a child, and they would always be brilliant until someone important was coming for dinner,…