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Somewhat abortive visit to St Andrews
I finally managed to get J to come to St Andrews. The idea was that we would go to the dentist, the tip, J would change the address on his bank account (this…
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Enjoying the garden
The weather continues fair today. I got back on the train this afternoon to find both cats outside. Saphy loves the outdoors (well, in good weather anyway), but Amber is not normally that…
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Busy Day
Today I dealt with the backlog of housework and laundry which had built up in my absence (to be fair to R he has been exceptionally busy while we were away preparing for…
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Home the long way
We came back today via the A7 and A72. What a drive it was… In two ways. Firstly, the weather was brilliant (glad I have a decent pair of sunglasses though) and the…
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Heading for the coast
Today the plan was to head for Whitehaven and St Bees along the back road and visit Caldbeck on the way. I always loved going there with my parents as a child –…
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Lakes, roads and bridges
Today we went to the south lakes. I have always wanted to drive round this area without the motorway, so today we drove out on the old A6 and then back along the…
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Off on our travels
J and I are off on our travels this week in my new little car Gertie. I always give our cars names based on their number plates (for example our Land Rover with…
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Moth Rescue
I went out the back door to empty the bin this morning, and on the door lintel was a lovely moth which had obviously just emerged from its winter cocoon. I know some…
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Mother’s Day
Some nice things in this picture, all to do with my Mum and today. We were all three of us going over to see our Mum/Mum-in-law in Helensburgh today. I had to get…