We always had planned to try the local churches in our new neighbourhood, but with John's illness, it somehow felt even more important to...

We have been making a lot of progress with the house - getting trades in for things like the windows, kitchen, and toilet room, together...

There is a lot of loch shore and coastline and trying to find new places for a little stretch is part of what we're trying to do. Glenan...

So, it turns out that John has a really rare form of cancer. According to NORD (National Organisation for Rare Disorders), John is a 1 in...

One of the strange features of Clacheranmor is the window inside the house in the porch area. Because of changes that have been made to...

Our nearest train station is Arrochar/Tarbert about 40 minutes away. From there you can either go north to Oban (2 hours) or all the way...

This will be the last time we check out the sale prices, to see how the rest of the houses we looked at fared, as it is perhaps a bit of...

Liz works in the double glazing industry and knows that site surveys are massively important ahead of ordering materials. There are an...

Murder mystery night We've mentioned before that there is a local amateur dramatics group that put on the panto every year, and in...

Written before the appointment: Thursday 29th February is the date for the CT results and for chemo round 6, but the last few weeks have...

Dinner at Portavadie Another local restaurant needing a test drive was at the posh marina at Portavadie. We'd heard good reviews but John...

In October 2023 the kids had moved to respective boyfriend's parent's houses. Not necessarily ideal, but that's how it turned out. Quite...

John: After chemo round four things were looking all good and routine. I had been eating well - pizza, fish and chips, venison burger....

After the adventures of the first round of chemo, we quickly settled into a 2 weekly routine: First Tuesday bloods are taken at home then...

Burns Night celebrations in Scotland are a national institution and our local pub The Oystercatcher was putting on a night. Nigel, John's...

Life goes on and stuff needs to get done - and getting stuff done gives you a sense of purpose. Liz is still working 4 hours a day,...

Our good friend Kathryn was keen to come up again, to see both of us and experience more of what Argyll has to offer. The beginning of...

With everything that had been thrown at us, we had not planned a trip away from Glendaruel until late January when Charlotte's (and...

Local food can also be described as pretty darn good. Opening hours may be a little restricted (this is rural, out of season and many...

Our first Christmas at Clacheranmor was always going to be a major milestone and special for us as we started a new chapter of our lives....