June started in very positive fashion, with the stonemason we had been waiting on for months finally being available to repair the cracked linted in the newly revealed large fireplace. We finally got the in line extractor installed in the ceiling above the shower room and changed the aged halogen lights for LED spots and …
May was improbably warm and dry in SW Scotland. The weather was glorious, but drought is perilous for those (like us) with private water supplies. A daily hike down to the well became the norm once the burn (stream) past our house stopped flowing. Just the circumstances you want for when your in-laws are about …
I’m running a bit late with this update, as almost as soon as I had updated the numbers for last month, we were overtaken by a life event that has rather dominated the last few weeks. I will talk about it more in next month, but I suspect this update may be a bit more …
January was a month of huge contrast, as we spent the first 2 weeks at home in Scotland after returning from Christmas and New Year down south, but then the last 2 weeks were spent on our most adventurous house sit to date – in San Diego! We enjoyed the winter sunshine in Majorca last …
This may be a briefer than usual update, as September has brought with it a dose of shingles. It is not an experience I would recommend and has rather reduced my stamina for typing, as well as everything else…….. I am hoping that the anti-virals I have been prescribed will reduce my likeness to Worf …
2023 was our first full year of not working. After a few false starts, it was also the year we relocated to a much wilder part of the UK. It has taken me a while to sit down and finish this, as we’ve had a run of wonderful dry weather here in SW Scotland, and …
Finding Enough 