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Community events
Liz has been trawling the internet for local events in and around Dunoon - let's find out what's going on on our front doorstep and join...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 20, 20243 min read


Wednesday Date Day - Lochgoilhead
Wednesdays are Liz's day off in the week and it's always good to have a plan, especially in the summer, to make the most of this time we...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 16, 20242 min read


BIG NEWS - Latest CT Results
John: A CT scan was planned after the last chemotherapy session and booked for about 10 days later, so I headed off to Vale of Leven...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 13, 20243 min read


More work in the garden
The outside of the house has been on hold for the winter but now spring has arrived and rapidly become what we hope is a good hot summer,...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Bucket List - Five Ferry Fail
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 6, 20243 min read


New job, new car and other news
When living remotely some things take some coordinating. The motorbike needed its annual MOT - nearest MOT station is only about 20 miles...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 2, 20242 min read


A visit to Leamington
Visiting our 'young adult' offspring in and around Leamington is part of the deal and somegthing we want to do - probably every 6 weeks...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 29, 20244 min read


Amber Visits and More Friends
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 25, 20243 min read


New kitchen!
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 22, 20243 min read


More visitors
Having visitors to Clacheranmor gives us great joy - it helps us get ourselves out and into the world we now live in. Lately, Mark...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 18, 20243 min read


Chemo 9-12
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 15, 20243 min read


Utility room makeover
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 11, 20242 min read


Disaster at Clacheranmor
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 8, 20242 min read


Bucket List - Seaplane Excursion
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 4, 20243 min read


Spring garden tidy
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...
John Burkinshaw
Jun 1, 20242 min read


Guest toilet transformation
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...
John Burkinshaw
May 25, 20242 min read


New things
Threre's all sorts of new little things going on. We checked out Wild Argyll Kitchen for cakes in Tighnabruaich, interestingly run by the...
John Burkinshaw
May 18, 20243 min read


Charlotte moves house at last!
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...
John Burkinshaw
May 11, 20244 min read


Italy - part 4
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...
John Burkinshaw
May 4, 20245 min read


Italy - part 3
20th April Saturday A glorious morning here in Puglia and breakfast out on the terrace in what can only be described as a perfect...
John Burkinshaw
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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