At this point in time (July 2023), we haven't hired a removal van to move our stuff from Leamington to Scotland, so there's a balance of...

Fast on the heels of our June break in Glendaruel we headed back up north with Kathryn, a friend of Liz's from her time working in NHS...

No one seems sure on what the house name, Clacheranmor, actually means. We asked Adam and Emma, the previous owners, and Heather and...

One of the most wonderful revelations about our new house is the huge number of birds and other wildlife in the garden. And we are doing...

The first viewing we had was a bit random. Over a year ago, one evening, a polite lady knocked on the door and left her number with us,...

The emotional debates about putting the house on the market were intense, both between us and with our young adults. Deciding to sell up...

Despite our best laid plans, set in motion over a year ago, everything has taken a sudden turn.... children, even grown up ones, are so...

After Martin, Sarah and the 3 kids left we had a few hours left, before heading back home, to tidy the house up and maybe tick one last...

Our friends, Martin and Sarah, are a little younger than we are and have 3 kids quite a bit younger than ours - 6,4 and 2. They called in...

We are really lucky to have the beautiful Benmore Botanical Garden on our doorstep (well, a mere 20 minutes drive down the road). We...

We'd planned for a mixture of DIY and having a break. John's DIY focusing in the un-seen stuff like pipe lagging and insulating whereas...

After our frenetic bedroom decorating ahead of 'I escaped to the Country' coming to see us we were a little exhausted but put our best...

Our May trip was organised around a visit from 'I Escaped to the Country' to film a follow up episode. We had hoped for a little more...

Our little house is tucked really out of the way, down a 6 mile long single carriageway road which is a horseshoe, joining the main road...

We do want to explore the islands that are on our doorstep, and to fill a day we plumped for a trip to the island of Bute. For us, this...

A day trip to Cruachan - part 2 We were heading to Cruachan where, a generation ago, some spectacular engineering made what could be...

Loch Fyne and Loch Awe are truly beautiful, and as their names suggest, they are both fine and awe inspiring! We had planned a day out,...

We decided to spend the first day of this trip taking a day out Dunoon-way as we needed provisions for the week. From the Glen, a drive...

Having an AGA is a new experience for us, and a bit of a learning curve. It is an appliance of two halves - evoking a fug of cosy...

Liz's mum and dad were eager to come and see the house, so we planned a visit over Easter. Initially we were all going to go up in one...