April 2009 (8)

Tuesday, April 28 2009

Spring Fresh

I've had a couple of days off, so yesterday we took advantage of the lovely weather and headed out on a walk alongside the Inver River which empties into the sea in Lochinver.  It is very pretty, but you need nerves of steel if you're doing the walk with Peggy ..... there are some sheer drops down  […]

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Sunday, April 26 2009

Warning: Extreme Cuteness Content

On cue, the first lambs arrived during the night.  One set of twins, and a single lamb.  Here is Davy with the first set of twins:And this new mum with her lamb has taken over Lexie's looking out spot:But Lexie doesn't seem to mind too much.  She's more interested in making friends with the new  […]

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Wednesday, April 22 2009

Anticipation

Only a couple more days to go ....Soon the croft field that surrounds our home is going to be filled with the sounds of lambs looking for their mums, and ewes looking for their lambs.   When there are no sheep in this particular field, Lexie sometimes wanders around it, climbing to the highest point  […]

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Saturday, April 18 2009

Oh, the guilt ......

Peggy is not happy.  She's really not happy.  In the morning when she sees my uniform come out the cupboard, she glares at me.  She slinks around after me while I'm gettng ready, and she doesn't leave my side.  And then, when I got home this afternoon she was waiting at the gate for me.  Stevan  […]

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Wednesday, April 15 2009

Public Service - the positives

Before moving up to Assynt I had not used a public library for a number of years.  If I needed a book, I bought it.  However when we moved up here we realised the mobile library that came around every three weeks was going to be very important to us.  Andy, our mobile librarian, is exceptionally  […]

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Monday, April 13 2009

Different Perspective

During my lunchbreak I get some fresh air by wondering along the sea front.  Lochinver is lucky enough to have the sea come right up to the edge of the main road.  During stormy weather this can make for interesting driving along the road, but it also means you don't have to go far to get some  […]

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Wednesday, April 8 2009

Feeling a little confused

Today was my first day of being let loose on the public in the Lochinver Visitor Information Centre. To say I'm feeling slightly confused after the first day of being open is probably putting it mildly!  It was a bit of a baptism by fire given that in addition to trying to get to grips with the  […]

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Friday, April 3 2009

Any fishermen out there?

I discovered today that one thing I'm going to have to learn about is fishing.  Apparently keen fishermen will phone the Visit Scotland Visitor Information Centre to ask for fishing conditions, or to ask advice on which flies to use on which lochs.  Now ..... I know virtually nothing about fishing.  […]

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