Karina

Monday 19 June 2023 It’s been raining. Our dried-out stream now has running water and the wonderful sound of a mini waterfall. I went out before 08:00 this morning after another burst of rain, checking the water tank and doing my ‘patrol’. The water tank was at about fifty-nine centimetres and still just the occasional […]

Sunday 18 June 2023 We went out to a restaurant for dinner last night, the first time in the seven months we have lived in Scottish Borders. The sun was shining when we set off and still hadn’t set by the time we got home. I had booked the table at The Gordon Arms in

Saturday 17 June 2023 The temperature around Selkirk today is between 8°C and 20°C, sunrise at 04:30 and sunset at 21:56. Around Lewisham, the temperature is forecast to be between 14°C and 24°C with sunrise at 04:41 and sunset at 21:19. My train from Euston got in to Lockerbie shortly before 22:30 last night and

Friday 16 June 2023 It’s just gone 06:00 and I’m up early because it’s 14°C and I was wide awake (in an I’d far rather be fast asleep because I’m tired kind of way). This is my last morning in Lewisham on this three-night trip and the first time I’ve sat in my favourite armchair

Wednesday 14 June 2023 I am in Lewisham, where there is water on tap and no midges. I have, however, been bitten by something; I think mosquitoes. My mum and I travelled together by train from Scottish Borders and Lockerbie station to London Victoria yesterday. We had been due to leave home for the station

Monday 12 June 2023 It’s going to have to be a water or midges kind of post as both are far too key a feature to ignore. My mum has been staying since Friday and all has been fine, albeit in a water-and-midge-aware sense. Oh dear, I think it’s going to be water and midges,