• Travel

    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…

  • Other,  Travel

    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…

  • House,  Renovation

    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…

  • Church,  Food

    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…

  • Other

    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…

  • Cats,  Cupar,  Other

    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…

  • Travel

    Glamis

    Adding to our tour of Scottish castles – J and I went to Glamis today.  I had originally had the idea of going to Drum Castle as well, but this is another hour…

  • Uncategorised

    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…

  • Food

    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,…