July 2014 (6)

Tuesday, July 22 2014

On the road ..... again!

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This week will find me on my way to Kelso to the Border Union Agricultural Show.  Today was glorious in Assynt, and so I took the opportunity to do a good sort out of the yarn I am taking with me.  I certainly got my dose of Vitamin D today.Here of some of the hanks I'll be bringing with me:The  […]

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Sunday, July 20 2014

Finding little surprises

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Today is the open day for the local Lochinver RNLI station.  I misread the poster, and so we arrived far too early for the festivities!  So we decided to have a walk into Culag Woods, following a path we'd not walked before.  We climbed fairly quickly and soon had a great view out over Lochivner  […]

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Thursday, July 17 2014

Our little hard working Wrens

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 We've been watching our wren's nest very carefully while keeping a respectful distance, and we have been so happy to see the young wrens appearing at the entrance to the nest and seeing the adult wren flying back and forth, almost constantly, keeping them fed and removing the faecal sacs from the  […]

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Friday, July 11 2014

Yet another beach day, and an exciting development

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The glorious weather continues in Assynt, and it was yet another beach day today.  But only after a rather important trip to Lochinver Post Office to post off a huge box of yarn to Knockando Wool Mill - some time next week a big box of colour will be arriving at the Mill.  As usual, Flash, the PO  […]

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Thursday, July 10 2014

Just popping out to the supermarket .....

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In most parts of the UK saying that you're just popping out to the supermarket means a quick drive or a walk to the nearest supermarket, and nipping back to collect something you've forgotten isn't a big deal.  Alternatively it may involve "popping online" and ordering your weeks supplies  […]

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Tuesday, July 8 2014

Beach Morning

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With all the dyeing for Knockando Mill done, I took this morning off and, being a lovely day, we headed for Stoer Beach.Although our house is in Clachtoll, it pretty much equidistant from both Clachtoll Beach and Stoer Beach, but the latter is usually pretty empty whereas the former is always busy  […]

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