Category: Blog
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Florissed
Blimey! Storm Floris blew in Monday and caused a load of damage round these parts. 134 mph winds recorded at the top of Cairn Gorm!? I mean that’s a mountain top, but still. No trees up there, plenty round here where speeds were prob 70 mph. Quite a lot came down and im also noticing…
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Dear diary
Oh dear I have rather neglected the blog. But i have been keeping notes at least as various visitors passed through and now last two weeks I have regained control of the veg garden from the weeds 🙂 So wot gwan? Well, I have been planting trees (and bushes). I have been cutting back gorse…
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Inchgower distillery
When I booked the tour and tasting at Inchgower distillery as part of the Spirit of Speyside 2025, I was envisaging cycling over on a relaxed balmy summer day then after a pleasant visit, cruising along the coast to Cullen to lie back on the beach and enjoy the waves. However this is Scotland so…
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Beltane Lagmore
On my way back from visiting the Cairn distillery, I twifelled a bit then decided of course I should stop at Upper Lagmore to say hello to this most powerful of sites. Indeed, I got a tingle when I approached and it felt good to be there. The weather was poor and the photos are…
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Sold my old house!
Completed today, phew what a process that was. Fell through several times, eventually worked out.
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The Bin
Funny how sometimes you don’t know where you want to go until you start the journey. That’s the theme for this week I’d say. On Monday, the weather was pleasant and I thought to myself I needed an excursion. I was heading towards to the ruins of Browlands stone circle at Garmouth [TMA] but as…
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Trailcam highlights 3
Awww bodger the badger is back! Wot a cutie. And there’s more! A deer goes for the pheasant! It seems there’s a baby stag now – possibly the child feeding with the mum before? Or is it two kids? Could be completely different deer from before of course!
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More animals – trail cam #2
Very happy this time round: This is all very cool – I didn’t think we had foxes round here 🙂 Foxes are great, they’re so slinky. Tune in again soon for update #3
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The deer appear
I know there are deer, because I see their tracks and I see their poop. I see them occasionally but not very often, so I thought I’d set up a trail cam to see what they and other animals are up to. First time round, all I got was footage of Douglas the neighbour’s half-wildcat…
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Bobby Fingers
Wow this guy is quite the mad genius!!