Week Ten

Week beginning 8th August. We are excited at the prospect of pouring the concrete and are ready for the lorries to arrive around 10.30am. We have ordered two loads of 7 cubes (cubic meters) of concrete from a local quarry and are hoping that will be enough but if it is it will be a… Continue reading Week Ten

Week Nine

Week beginning 1st August. Our friends from Portobello, Katie, Martin and their son Peter, arrived last night and we had dinner in our caravan and had a great chin wag over a few too many wines, but it was fun. This morning Molly needs to rest so Pete is going with them for a canoe… Continue reading Week Nine

Week Eight

It’s Monday and we have had a message from Lorne to say that he isn’t coming today because our delivery has not arrived yet and won’t be here until this afternoon. He said in his text message: “Just don’t want to charge you to sit about.” Week beginning 25th July. Molly is off to Oban… Continue reading Week Eight

Week Six

Week beginning 11th July. We are leaving Tarbert Holiday Park after six weeks and moving our caravan up to our plot with the help of Molly’s cousin, Duncan. It has been good staying here not least because of all the friendly staff and the holiday makers and workmen who have been staying here. A big… Continue reading Week Six

Saddell Bay and back up the Atlantic coast

Today is our last chance for a while to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kintyre so we are heading off to Saddell Bay down past Carradale on the shores of Loch Fyne. We are taking the scenic single track route down the coast towards Carradale, a long and winding but breathtakinly lovely route. We are… Continue reading Saddell Bay and back up the Atlantic coast