Sunday, December 20 2015
Sunday, December 20 2015. Assynt
I apologise in advance for the lack of pretty photographs in this blog entry, but there has been some interest in what it is like for us living off grid, so I decided to put down a few thoughts, and as photographs showing our system are few and far between, and unless you have a passion for […]
Thursday, April 9 2015
Thursday, April 9 2015. Assynt
It has been a bit of a busy week. We had to take advantage of the good weather over the Easter weekend and get the old turbine down, and the new turbine up. There was an anxious time while we waited for the wind to pick up again - had the wiring all been done correctly, were all the stays keeping […]
Tuesday, September 3 2013
Tuesday, September 3 2013. Energy
When we first became the proud owners of our home in the Highlands, we bought it knowing full well that it was not on the electricity grid. To be honest, it was part of the attraction. We looked at the cost of getting it connected to the mains, but even back then (1997) we were looking at a […]
Thursday, September 15 2011
Thursday, September 15 2011. Dogs
There has been a lot of work going on at Lockhart Towers, with a lot of dyeing being done for Ganseyfest in Inverness, early October. I have also been dyeing the lovely, sparkly laceweight in different shades to those already up on the website. Coming soon will be Lipstick, Silver, Crushed […]
Saturday, September 10 2011
Saturday, September 10 2011. Assynt
Today we had a quick trip across to the east coast for an important meet-up. We often travel across to Tain, in the east, to do our main shop of the month. If there was a competition for "supermarket car parks with the best view" this one would have to be up among the winners:The Lidls […]
Tuesday, February 15 2011
Tuesday, February 15 2011. Knitting
Dyeing: The Fibre is up in the shop. I'm really enjoying the fibre dyeing again. I've had a bit of a break from it, but with encouragement from someone who's opinion I value and who very kindly said she loved my dyed fibre, I decided to get back into it. So there it is. I hope you like it. At […]
Saturday, February 5 2011
Saturday, February 5 2011. Energy
It has been a fairly storm week here, and the weather was fairly stormy too! The weather took a turn for the worse on Thursday afternoon, when the noise in my workshop got to the point that I fled indoors for warmth and shelter. As it got darker and darker, the lightning and thunder began to […]
Sunday, January 30 2011
Sunday, January 30 2011. Assynt
I have been overwhelmed by the ripples of kindness, support and concern that have been sent my way over the last 24 hours. Thank you to everyone who has phoned, left comments, PM'd me on Ravelry, e-mailed me and DM'd me on Twitter. All your kind messages have made me feel so much better about […]
Tuesday, November 3 2009
Tuesday, November 3 2009. Knitting
It has been one of those days!The club yarn was due to be posted this morning, but despite 3 days of drying it is still not dry enough to post. It was touch and go but in the end I decided it just wasn't worth the risk of the yarn getting musty on it's travels because it wasn't absolutely, […]
Saturday, October 25 2008
Saturday, October 25 2008. Knitting
Don't worry, the yarn is safe, but we've had a bit of weather. Actually, we've had quite a lot of weather! The wind has been close to storm force (and at times a full gale) for some days now. Today it has been especially fierce, and we ran the risk of losing the felt that makes the roof of the […]
Wednesday, July 9 2008
Wednesday, July 9 2008. Scotland
In the comments to my last posting, Carol asked if we relied on our solar panels and our wind generator for energy, and indeed we do. When we bought this little house 10 years ago, we enquired about putting in mains electricity. However, the quote that was given to us was astronomical, even back […]
