Just one week after my walk on Bute there were wildfires raging on the west side of the island. I'd seen smoke rising from the island on...

Sunday at the end of March was a lovely day - completely different from the day before when I tried to have a day out in North Knapdale....

March 2025 - Now that the weather is improving I took the opportunity to plan a day out around North Knapdale. There were a few things I...

Enjoy this little video of April in Glendaruel to give you a little taster of what life here is like at this time of year - beautiful,...

Winter has felt long and dark, but there have been some brighter moments. For example I went to watch Heather singing with the Voices of...

The very last thing to be completed in the house is the hallway. It was interesting, when we first moved in, to be able to see the...

Continuing on with home improvements, I had asked John for some months for a loft ladder to be put in. He was dubious - I guess he was...

Enjoy this little video of March in Glendaruel to give you a little taster of what life here is like at this time of year - beautiful,...

What we call the dining room is actually a room without a purpose in mind right now. Originally it was a dining room 3 owners back, the...

Life has its ups and downs and over the last year or so I've tried some new hobbies, and had a couple of set backs. Mum introduced me to...

The living room has kind of been put off because it was going to be a lot of work. When thinking about the painting there is the window,...

Enjoy this little video of February in Glendaruel to give you a little taster of what life here is like at this time of year - beautiful,...

The metaphorical storm. How do the ones left behind carry on? I would love to continue our adventure but the prospect of doing these...

As I was writing this I realised that it was very long, and the first half was about the literal storm, and the second half was about a...

Eyeing up a few more jobs in the garden which needed sorting, and having some free time on my hands while John was sleeping his way...

Colglen is the name used locally for Colintraive and Glendaruel together. Although we have the right to roam in Scotland it is usually...

Well, I was expecting a quiet couple of days (we have Hogmanay off work in Scotland as well as New Year), to go swimming at the beach at...

Enjoy this little video of January in Glendaruel to give you a little taster of what life here is like at this time of year - beautiful,...

Well, an interesting turn of events means that we now know exactly what the name of our house means! We ended up meeting the lovey...

When we moved up in November 2023, the garden had had little 'love' from us for 12 months - we'd tried to do some basic maintenance. We...