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A walk along the Crinan canal

It's not raining! Well it wasn't last time I checked. It's dark outside now so I can't see but I can't hear any rain. But more importantly it didn't rain during the hours of daylight. So we had A DAY OUT! To be fair it's not been all that long since the last one, the…Read more A walk along the Crinan canal

A nice warming bowl of soup

It's wet and windy today, we have what's described as a "lingering weather front" which started in the night and is set to last into tomorrow. We've had floods and toppled trees, though nothing like the devastation typhoons have brought to the Philippines recently. Here's the path from Sunday's post*. it's hard to see but…Read more A nice warming bowl of soup

Cake

But I won't be eating any for a while. Which is why I was disappointed when my Genoese sponge was more biscuit than cake. Every year I give up cake, biscuits, and chocolate for Lent. I know I've mentioned this elsewhere. I usually manage to keep to it, even though I fail in my attempt…Read more Cake

When things go to plan..

I am writing these posts daily but I also have to do a certain amount of forward planning. After all there's not all that much happening at the moment. We are having the occasional day trip, and there was our visit to Edinburgh, but not lots of variety. Baking posts are quite popular, and I…Read more When things go to plan..

Having an alternative

I had an idea for a post, slightly alluded to yesterday, but needed pictures. So we drove to the forestry to walk DogS and get the shots I wanted. But when we got there not only was the parking are full, one of the cars belonged to a pair of Border Terriers. Well to their…Read more Having an alternative

Revisiting old haunts

It was an early start for us today. We were on the road at (almost) first light, fuelled with a flask of coffee, off for a day trip to Edinburgh. Now we live in a Tier 2 zone and Edinburgh is in Tier 3 but MrS had to visit the dentist. We'd thought about an…Read more Revisiting old haunts

Baking, and trying something new

I wanted to bake, and I didn't want to make cake*. And I've wanted to improve my pastry skills, I'd really like to make one of these raised pies but thought I'd better have some pastry practice first. I remembered that one of the challenges on GBBO's pastry week *had been Cornish pasties. That seemed…Read more Baking, and trying something new

Being safe and warm

Today is wild and windy. Outside there are waves whipping up the sea. They might not be as big as the ones in the featured image, but that photo was taken on the more exposed west coast. If we have waves here then it's a really stormy day. And today is Armistice Day, in the…Read more Being safe and warm

Going out for lunch

I had high hopes for today's post. It would be a kind of follow up to what I wrote yesterday, but this time I'd be meeting human friends for lunch in a restaurant*. It would be great, I could take photos of the food, and the view. And tell you what a lovely time I…Read more Going out for lunch

Remembering

I'm actually struggling to write a post today. It should be easy because it's Remembrance Sunday and I've already written about Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes. But I don't have anything personal to bring to the commemorations. One of my uncles and a great uncle served in the Second World war, and I have a few…Read more Remembering