New Year Miracle
The McLeod family complete with Tiga a friendly 11 year old ginger Tom Cat and Tara an aging black Labrador set off on a 400 mile journey from Doncaster to Ardtornish Estate for their first, festive Highland retreat. Tired but relieved to have arrived, Thomas and his wife set about making the remote stone built cottage their home for Christmas [...]
Fruit Tree Planting & Maintenance
One of the key jobs this month is rescuing and replacing some of the soft fruit that I inherited in the garden. The raspberries, which are currently sitting in an impossibly weedy and mold ridden polytunnel, will be relocated to 2 new outdoor beds. Some of the gooseberries that had previously sat with their roots in poorly drained soil will [...]
A new hound on the block…
The world as I know it has just ended…….Early November my owners welcomed Bracken, an 8 week old Clumber Spaniel puppy. The soft fur, those floppy ears, that quizzical look that draws an "awww" from the most hardened cynic, yes…ok he is cute. In my opinion he is a ticking time bomb sent to disrupt my cosy life, a small, [...]
Morvern Community Woodlands News
Morvern Community Woodlands (MCW) has gone from strength to strength since the community purchased Achnaha Wood eighteen months ago. The sheer number of voluntary hours put in is quite amazing. MCW leads forest activities in the woodland for the school children each month, we have held a host of well attended training, arts and social events, and we’ve installed a [...]
News from Bùrach
The Royal National Mòd in Oban in 2015 was fantastic. The choir continued their success with a third placing in the Sheriff MacMaster Campbell competition for Rural Choirs. Our own choice piece composed by our Gaelic tutor, Alasdair MacIlleBhàin, and arranged by Mary Ann Kennedy, Musical Director of the Inverness Gaelic Choir. The song, Eilean na h-Òige, received a fantastic [...]
A Walk on the Wild Side
Take one Clumber Spaniel, a dotty Tri-Colour Collie named Tam and a rather wise Patterdale Cross Terrier aka Ozzy and you have a recipe for our next great adventure. Before we take you on our Autumn outing, we really must visit the season that brought most of our canine companions to stay, Summer. We have shook many a familiar paw [...]
