Today’s guest picture comes from my friend Gavin who helps to look after the Langholm Walks. I suggested to him some time ago that a particularly steep bit on walk eight would benefit from some help for the less agile walker. That help is now at hand. As a less agile walker, I am veryContinue reading “Taking advice”
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A step forward and a setback
Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony. He took a great number of good pictures on his recent holiday, and although this isn’t the most in focus picture that he took, I think he did pretty well to take it on a mobile phone. We had a day of mixed weather here, greyContinue reading “A step forward and a setback”
Well oiled
Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony’s visit to Lossiemouth yesterday. We had a generally warm day today, and it was dry and wet in turn, dry in the morning, wet over lunch, dry in the afternoon and very wet in the evening. I filled the feeder after breakfast, and the birds didContinue reading “Well oiled”
Unsettled
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He was up early enough (5.30am) to enjoy a spectacular sunrise today. We had a very pleasant morning here too, with some welcome sunshine and light winds. I went out into the garden after breakfast to bask in the sun with the flowers. Both Dropscone and ourContinue reading “Unsettled”
Mrs Tootlepedal plays chicken
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was impressed by this hanging basket which he passed on a recent outing Neither of us slept very well last night, so we were in no rush to set about life this morning. It wasn’t until after we had had coffee and I had filled theContinue reading “Mrs Tootlepedal plays chicken”
Never a dull moment
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin who is on holiday in the north east of Scotland. He visited the harbour at Macduff on a calm day. Here, the only thing dull about the day was the weather, as I had a pleasantly full schedule. The morning was drizzly and apart from a quickContinue reading “Never a dull moment”
Singing an old song
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She liked this elegant triteleia laxa. I spent most of the day driving down into Cumbria and taking part in a ‘singing day’ organised by our Carlisle choir. To tell the truth, I wasn’t expecting to enjoy it much, and only went because they always need theContinue reading “Singing an old song”
A slow day
It was so gloomy here today that I was pleased to have found for the guest picture a very sunny scene from Derby taken by my brother Andrew a day or two ago. I needed something to brighten things up. I poured four inches of rain out of my rain gauge yesterday, a measure ofContinue reading “A slow day”
Taking the biscuit
Today’s guest picture comes from Mike Tinker. He and Alison are just back from a golden wedding holiday in Oban. Mike spotted these colourful fungi on one of their outings. We had a better day of weather than we expected here today, with light winds and no rain. This was lucky as we were dueContinue reading “Taking the biscuit”
The end of the road
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin. He is visiting his son in California and enjoyed a day on the beach at Carmel by the Sea. It was a bit misty, but probably quite a lot warmer than Dropscone in Orkney, he says. We had a perfectly lovely day here, with wall to wallContinue reading “The end of the road”
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