A Limp Effort

I took my camera with me when I went to the surgery this morning, but saw nothing to catch my eye. It was the same story this afternoon when I went to Spinning Group. Ultimately, I found myself Blip-less. Here’s the info leaflet that I brought home this morning. It has exercises to improve the …

Mown

Back to normality after our brief holiday. No door or window fitting today – a break badly needed after tackling the bedroom window fitting. Mr L continues work on debugging the camper van. Parts have been ordered and we are begining to plan a second trip. I finished unpacking the van and cleaned it out. …

Very smart

So, we now have a new inner front door. That’s two out of three doors fitted. We are already registering increased comfort levels. This door has a smart blue face on the other side that will be a match for the new range cooker when we get it. We had wanted it to face inwards …

House Goddess

This peedie figure is a “Neolithic House Goddess” from the Harray Potter. Me, I think it looks like nothing so much as a Catty Face (or Short-eared Owl)

Corrigall – backblip

Wednesday morning dawned fine again, though with more breeze and less heat than the previous two days. This I preferred and was far more comfortable. After breakfast, dog play, and conversation with the man at the Broch, we headed across the island and over the hill. That’s the first hill that I have been up …

Corrigall – backblip

Wednesday morning dawned fine again, though with more breeze and less heat than the previous two days. This I preferred and was far more comfortable. After breakfast, dog play, and conversation with the man at the Broch, we headed across the island and over the hill. That’s the first hill that I have been up …

Eynhallow Sound – backblip

Sorry it’s another sunset but this is how I want to remember the day, which we ended at the [url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_041]Broch o’ Gurness[/url]. The day began with a dog walk at the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Skaill]Bay of Skaill[/url], followed by a perfect camping breakfast of fried bacon in Morning Rolls. Thence to [url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_244]Skara Brae[/url] and[url=http://www.skaillhouse.co.uk/] Skaill House[/url]. The tea …

Skaill Sunset – backblipped

Me and Mr L, together with Suzie and Nell, set off for our first trip in Brunhilde on Monday morning. We caught the early ferry and were on Mainland for 09:15. The dogs had a run at Weyland and then we went shopping at Lidl and Tesco for some supplies and into town for more …

Progress

This is the old back door, from the utility room. It’s off and the new UPVC door is fitted. It’s going to make a big difference ot my life. The utility room is unheated and the external door is North-facing on the West side of the property, so exposed to all the worst of our …

Snail shell

Mr L arrived home on this morning’s ferry with our new-to-us camper van. She’s in her middle years, I reckon, at 22 but she seems a game old bird. We had a run up the island in her this afternoon and enjoyed some startlingly unseasonable weather at Lopness. The dogs behaved well – Suzie on …