Is the Grass Greener?

Thursday 19 January 2023 As of yesterday afternoon, we have lived in Scotland for two months, almost a month either side of the shortest day. I have found it interesting rereading, ahead of publishing, my older blog posts as they remind me how much has changed in that time. We have gone from the first […]

Wednesday 18 January 2023 We are still kind of iced-in. We knew that there would be times when we wouldn’t be able to go out (which equates to ‘go out in the car’), we expected that, but once it happens to you, it’s a strange feeling. I appreciate that we have so far had no

Tuesday 17 January 2023 Snow is still frozen onto trees and plants so outside still looks beautiful, but the house is significantly colder than is comfortable. We can’t even go to a café to warm up, the roads haven’t been gritted and they’re largely just ice. Vehicles have been driving past but even the huge

Monday 16 January 2023 We have snow, the really beautiful kind that has settled on trees and plants. All seems peaceful and still outside and the sun is coming up over snowy hilltops. I don’t even have to rush to go out because no one else will be walking where I’ll be walking. It’s probably

Friday 13 January 2023 Our first visitor, Carla, was due to arrive (plan A) tonight or (plan B) early tomorrow morning. The current thinking is (plan C) that she’ll postpone her visit as the weather forecast incorporates snow and we don’t think it would be at all enjoyable driving the last twenty miles to the

Thursday 12 January 2023 There’s nothing quite like moving house, the cost of energy being extortionate, a confusing new set of meters and heating system, an energy company that requires a day off to call and be passed from agent to agent and not having been put on a default, ie even more extortionate, electricity