There’s only so much sheep’s sorrel and dandelion you can eat before a trip to Oban becomes overwhelmingly attractive. Before our next tranche of guests. Swallows: What are they playing at? Three times one flew in through the open skylight as we lay in bed. They explored the workshop’s roof overhang and handy ledges butContinue reading “Half a lettuce and no chocolate”
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Ospreys rebuilding at speed
Osprey: Wednesday 2 March – Tuesday a week ago in the morning and evening we saw an osprey on the tree where, until the ravages of storm Eowyn, there had been a nest. The previous night I’d asked a group of friends who live along the loch whether anyone had seen the ospreys yet; noContinue reading “Ospreys rebuilding at speed”
the frail and feeble hand of archaic man…
First, Christmas and wildlife: Martin and some rather wet and cloudy weather came for a week over Christmas. Our Christmas day walk was relatively local, plans altered three times owing to unrealistic ambition and an untimely high tide, but the weather was kind, dramatic without being uncomfortable. Near to the beach and close at hand a striking black,Continue reading “the frail and feeble hand of archaic man…”
A sustainable house for unsustainable times... 