Liz thinks that John has made this up, but he says its definately a thing and it is on the CalMac ferry website. It's labelled as 'an...

When living remotely some things take some coordinating. The motorbike needed its annual MOT - nearest MOT station is only about 20 miles...

Visiting our 'young adult' offspring in and around Leamington is part of the deal and somegthing we want to do - probably every 6 weeks...

Amber came up in her car for a few days and we had some great times. As always, our children have the power to bring us the greatest...

It seems ages back (January!) when we started the process on the new kitchen and now installation came upon us in April just as we headed...

Having visitors to Clacheranmor gives us great joy - it helps us get ourselves out and into the world we now live in. Lately, Mark...

Following a month break while we enjoyed a holiday in Italy and being able to forget about the whole cancer thing for a while, dose nine...

When we bought the house the utility room housed a battered sink and unit below, and an even more battered boiler. When the new boiler...

The water has gone off - thankfully at 8.30am on a sunny day (albeit mid-shower with a head full of shampoo!) For most people, the water...

Liz has been encouraging me (John) to think about things I really want to do - a bucket list - to help us focus on some memorable good...

Mum loves gardening and so whenever they joined us at Clacheranmor it immediately becomes her task. I'm not sure if her heart rose or...

Another room in need of a complete strip back and start again was the guest toilet - the toilet was not flush against the wall, the sink...

Threre's all sorts of new little things going on. We checked out Wild Argyll Kitchen for cakes in Tighnabruaich, interestingly run by the...

Having got home from Italy at 3:30am Wednesday, with Charlotte and Hugo finally set to collect keys on Friday we made plans for a...

22nd April Monday After our last breakfast at our heavenly hotel and saying goodbye to our cat friends we headed up the coast past Bari...

20th April Saturday A glorious morning here in Puglia and breakfast out on the terrace in what can only be described as a perfect...

18th April Thursday We woke this morning to a glorious clear blue sky and ate breakfast outside just round the corner from our room. The...

16th April Tuesday OK and we are off, for real! We left Glendaruel with Liz's Mum and Dad holding fort whilst the Wren kitchen fitters...

We've been keeping ourselves out of mischief with a few bits of light DIY over the last few months - on top of the bigger projects like...

Our first trip back to Leamington since moving north had been late January, to coincide with Charlotte's 21st birthday. The next trip had...