• Travel,  Walks

    MacDuff’s Stone

    Went up to Macduff’s stone with some friends today – this is “the” Macduff from the Macbeth story and it was here that he was granted sanctuary by King Malcolm.  It was quite…

  • Travel

    When it’s Scone, it’s Scone…

    I couldn’t resist the title.  J and I went to Scone Palace today and I discovered that it is definitely pronounced to rhyme with “doom” and not “loan”.  But this is in general…

  • Cats

    Cat soup

    No, not soup made from cats – soup for cats.  I never knew such a thing existed, but one of my friends brought some over as a gift yesterday.  It is sort of…

  • Food,  People

    An Indian feast

    I had some friends round for lunch today (R calls us “The Ladies that Lunch” – this seems to be an excuse for he and J to go and hide rather than be…

  • Cats,  Other

    Doh!

    Lidl (as you may have read) have just changed their loyalty scheme.  So instead of the fun of having a free bakery treat, or saving up to get 10% off a big shop,…

  • Gardening

    My besties

    I have already mentioned Rowley the Mowrator.  He is one of R’s all time good discoveries – we got him when he was a kickstarter and he does all our lawns here front…

  • Other

    Voting

    Today was the Scottish Elections.  R and I went out first thing and were finished with it by 8am – I voted for our current MP who I think does a good job…