Karina

Thursday 25 May 2023 We got home at 22:50 last night and it was still light enough to see outdoors without a torch. This morning, the sun has been up since 04:45 and everything is looking lovely. The grass that was cut on Sunday appears to now be ready for mowing again and it feels […]

Wednesday 24 May 2023 So far, we have WiFi, water, hot and cold water in the shower and all seems to be working well. Chris, Annie, Tony and I went to Selkirk for coffee and to look around, stopping on the way to pet the Clydesdale horses, then we all walked around Ettrick Marshes. Chris

Tuesday 23 May 2023 We have friends staying and, of course, something isn’t working. This time, a new one, the WiFi isn’t working. We had a power cut of a few seconds. Usually, when that happens – and it hasn’t been often – the server just starts up and all is okay. This time, it

Monday 22 May 2023 Yesterday, we drove from Cumbria, in ‘the north’, saying goodbye to our friends from Manchester, pointing out that for the first time, they were the ones heading south while we were heading north to go home. I think I am in some kind of transition phase of mentally moving from London

Friday 19 May 2023 I fixed something. I actually looked on YouTube and found a way to fix something. And it worked. And I’m almost embarrassed by how pleased with myself I am. It’s nothing that required great effort, but it’s something that has been annoying me for – well, I’ve just realised it was

Thursday 18 May 2023 Yesterday afternoon, I walked straight up the garden and up the hillside, over the forestry track and up into the edge of woodland and sat on a tree stump near our water source. I felt like I was guarding the spring, but it’s just that it’s a really lovely spot. I