cybercrofter
Life on a coastal croft in the northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Midsummer gooseberries
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It's steamy today - great growing weather. A windless deluge of rain this morning after 10 dry days and now the woods are awash with sce...
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Saturday, 22 November 2008
Eyes at tea-time
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Now the night comes in so early, making a cup of tea at 5 involves walking by torchlight across the croft from the studio to the caravan and...
Monday, 17 November 2008
On rawness
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Winter arrived suddenly with a week of gales, a clatter of hail and a half-serious fall of snow. We retreated from the caravan at the shore ...
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
In praise of SPONG
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SPONG is the name of a device I found in a charity shop. It's a mincer that screws onto the table in the caravan. It's ancient, simp...
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Geese
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The first geese flew over today, heading north for summer feeding and breeding. It feels as if it might really be spring. I love the song of...
Sunday, 6 April 2008
Sheep
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I got back after a few days away yesterday to find a sheep on the croft. The give away signs were the stench and paths strewn with dung. She...
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Last trip in Ripples
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The wee boat's gunwhales are disintegrating, she has a hole in the thwart, and her benches are rotten. Ripples, as we call her, has just...
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