Is the Grass Greener?

Monday 14 August 2023 Hurrah for Fitbit, I definitely wouldn’t have gone out and walked more than 10,000 steps if I hadn’t felt Fitbit guilt. I want to go out more and I want to get back to walking that much every day. It felt good to be outdoors and chatting away to myself, taking […]

Sunday 13 August 2023 Chris’s son Max had asked if we could “pop out” to a butcher for a haggis to take home today. The three of us did indeed pop out for a haggis and other shopping, though we were out of the house from about 11:30 until maybe 15:00. We drove to Peebles,

Saturday 12 August 2023 Yesterday, I walked over 19,000 steps according to my Fitbit. For this week at least, the Fitbit has worked at getting me walking more in Scotland … oh, but I’ve only been here two full days, so that’s not impressive. Yesterday’s walk was in the early evening and timed to coincide

Friday 11 August 2023 The water supply is currently good, very few midges around, extractor fan mouse hasn’t been eating through the fan and all seems kind of okay. Yesterday, it looked like autumn, grey, but it was 23°C and more humid than I’ve ever known it up here. It was the number one small-talk

Thursday 10 August 2023 Yesterday morning at 05:40, I left London for Scottish Borders, stopping once for a stretch and coffee near Retford and two wandering-about stop-offs, Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen, arriving back at our house in Scotland at around 14:45. I am still tired and not acclimatised to the significant drop in temperature,

Monday 7 August 2023 I keep thinking how many more friends I see when I’m staying in London. It’s true, I do. But it’s not a reflection of how it was when I lived here. In the week I’ve been back in London, I have seen six friends (planned) and my mum, all separate meet-ups