We went for a walk yesterday, around the castle grounds next to our house. Signs of autumn were everywhere, especially in the square of ancient beeeches where the leaves were thick underfoot. We were surprised to find several clumps of crocuses sprouting in the sheep-meadow – it set B muttering furiously about global warming putting […]
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Yesterday was not one of my better days – my knees hurt like h*ll. We went into town for some shopping, bill-paying and a library visit. I did very little walking and I snapped at B for fussing over finding parking spaces close enough to the places I needed to go (I HATE being an […]
What’s with the mosquitos around here lately? They are swarming onto anything warmblooded, biting like crazy. Just last week, B got bitten on his arm; the two bites swelled up into golfball-sized lumps, so he went to the doctor. The doctor had half-a-dozen similar lumps of his own and had given up counting the number […]
It has been beautiful here today. I’d been planning to take the bus to Dumfries, to get some library books, but when I woke up the sun was shining on the hill and the sky was a cloudless blaze of deep blue. So me & B went off for a walk instead. With my knees, […]
…just a little. We have our friend Norm staying for a few days and we are showing him the local sights. Which consist mostly of trees and hills. And sheep. And trees. And hills. And a few more sheep. And trees. Oh, and a few cows as well, for variety… Anyway, today we drove him […]
Well, the Camp was a huge success – you can read peoples’ comments in the Oakleaf Campers Yahoo Group. We had the usual disaster on the way there – this time our car engine blew up and we spent 36 hours stranded on a layby on the A66. It made a change from the wheel […]
The fun starts Friday! Carol is buzzing around doing umpteen things at once – as always, I marvel at the woman’s energy. Brian & me are are far from ready for the Camp – the car has suddenly developed a leaky fuel tank that will need replacing, the caravan needs cleaning out, we have to […]
Not been posting much in here lately – way too much work. We’ve foolishly agreed to produce a desk diary version of the
Public transport up here can be somewhat ramshackle. “Charmingly ranshackle”Â? is how I usually describe it to people; like, for instance, last Saturday when I went to Castle Douglas from the village and found myself, eventually, as one of twelve adults and two children trying tofit into an 8-seater mini-bus. A not altogether uncommon experience. […]
We’ve had some fabulous weather this weekend – warm and sunny. This afternoon, me & Brian went for a walk in our favourite bit of woodland. The bluebells are just coming out – by next month, the ground under the trees will be a haze of blue. Lots of other wildflowers are out as well […]