Karina

Tuesday 21 November 2023 High drama (admittedly with a low benchmark) in the middle of nowhere, outside our house yesterday, and all within an hour. First, a logging truck caused a van driver to pull over into a ditch and sink half the van into deep mud (not Openreach this time, this one was a […]

Monday 20 November 2023 I still can’t quite believe we moved into our house in Scottish Borders just over a year ago. I am so happy that there is no unpacking to be done. For the first few weeks here, I remember feeling a bit broken – I was going to say physically, but probably

Saturday 18 November 2023 This time last year, Chris and I were driving from Lewisham to Scottish Borders with a car laden with our most important packing. We have now had the keys to this house for a year. I didn’t write much in my journal a year ago but within a matter of hours,

Friday 17 November 2023 I’ve just read what I wrote in my journal on this date last year. The focus in my journal was on the stress of waiting for the removal lorry to take things from Lewisham to our storage unit in Folkestone via my mum’s house near Maidstone, for the truck to then

Thursday 16 November 2023 Sunrise in Lewisham 07:19; in Selkirk 07:47. Sunset in Lewisham 16:09; in Selkirk 16:04. Weather in Lewisham, currently 6°C and overcast with rain to come; in Selkirk, currently 5°C and cloudy with rain to come. It’s not so different today, though I know I wouldn’t be looking out the window in

Wednesday 15 November 2023 Our road is flooded yet again. My plan today was to drive that way to go to a post box and for eggs and cake. My plan B was to park this side of the flood and walk through it. That is probably scuppered too because my wellies have a leak,