Blog Entries from wondering wanderers
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
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Last Update: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 20:36
Back when this blog first started, before I even knew what a croft was I would have described my dream to be smallholding. The idea of enough land to keep sufficient animals and grow enough crops to...
It’s the first year in nearly a decade that I have not spent September picking brambles and making jam. On Rum jam was one of our biggest income streams and I would pick more than my own body...
It will six month tomorrow since we arrived here at this house for our next chapter in our lives. I’ve been quieter on this blog although from my perspective it’s been one of the greatest...
A couple of years into our time on Rum we had a young friend come and stay with us for a month. She was a remarkable young woman who is continuing to fulfil her potential and forge her path through...
I was going to title this post ‘August of Opportunities’ but then I realised I’ve already used a similar title and there were plenty of adventures so I went with that. Because who...
Ady and I visited Rum for the day on Saturday.
It was a really long day. We had been on a family visit to a local sand mine for a tour on Friday afternoon as I was writing an article about it,...
We are well into our fourth month here now and have settled in very well. Life is a good blend of busy and enjoyable and all those various opportunities we left Rum in search of are certainly here...
We’ve been chicken keepers for a lot of years. Infact I have just checked and our chicken-keeping adventures started way back in 2007. In lots of ways that was the very start of our journey...
For doing the Midgie Dance, in the street, in the garden or wherever you happen to be in the Highlands really.
Yep, June marks meteorological summer here in the UK and the end of May / beginning...
What a madly busy week we’ve had.
Last Saturday we did our cleaning job in the morning and then as the weather was so glorious we collected Davies and Bonnie and some ice lollies in a bag of...
