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John Burkinshaw
Oct 122 min read
Beautiful New Bathroom
This is an older post that we haven't gotten round to posting before now! The last big project inside the house is the bathroom and,...
John Burkinshaw
Oct 55 min read
Gratitude to More Visitors
This post is slightly out of sync due to all the health updates we recently shared. It doesn't seem like that long since we saw Amber up...
John Burkinshaw
Oct 11 min read
October in Glendaruel
All the beauty of Glendaruel in October 2024
John Burkinshaw
Sep 285 min read
Cherishing A Family Visit
We had booked a trip to Isle of Skye for the end of September but when John's health took a dip we cancelled and decided it would be...
John Burkinshaw
Sep 246 min read
John's Health - Hospice Stay
The last month has been truly awful. We only really feel able to write about it now due to an slight improvement in how John is doing....
John Burkinshaw
Sep 212 min read
Exploring Strachur
After Amber had gone home we still had a couple of days to ourselves, so after a bit of housework and recipe testing on Sunday we headed...
John Burkinshaw
Sep 145 min read
Mini-break to Arran
After our trip to Italy in April, we thought long and hard about where to go next. Neither of us likes the Mediterranean heat in the...
John Burkinshaw
Sep 74 min read
Wednesday Date Day - Dunoon and its Peninsula
Third Wednesday Date Day and we headed to Dunoon. I told my colleague, Sai, our plan and she grinned and raised her eyebrows and said...
John Burkinshaw
Sep 34 min read
John's Health - Not Going to Plan
John: On top of two hospital visits in the last month the last week, since returning from leamington, has been pretty stressful. 26th...
John Burkinshaw
Sep 11 min read
September in Glendaruel
All the beauty of September in Glendaruel 2024
John Burkinshaw
Aug 255 min read
Family Visit - Leamington, Leicester, Lincoln
So that we can try and see everyone, on each trip we have been alternating a visit to Liz's family and friends in Lincoln with John's...
John Burkinshaw
Aug 174 min read
Bucket List - Whisky Tour
Liz doesn't like whisky - at all, but John does. Where we live is not that far from one of the best whisky producing areas in Scotland,...
John Burkinshaw
Aug 84 min read
John's health - all change, already
Well, just two months after his last round of chemo and John's getting out of hospital today (Thursday 8th Aug) after a four day stay due...
John Burkinshaw
Aug 62 min read
Out and about
Neither of us are in good physical fitness so all day hikes or bike rides are not really practical or fun. We are trying to get out and...
John Burkinshaw
Aug 35 min read
Day Trip to Gorgeous Gigha
In one of our weeks up in the North, late June 2023, the weather had been pretty fair during the week but there was one particular day...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 303 min read
More Lovely Visitors
Kathryn, Liz's friend from Nuclear Medicine days, made another trip to see us in June. For our first day we headed for a little cycle...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 273 min read
Wildlife at Clacheranmor
As well as the bird spotting, also very exciting has been several visits from a pine marten. Something we had never seen before in real...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 233 min read
Wednesday Date Day - The Waverley
On Wednesdays Liz doesn't work, so that's another day for some bucket list trips. This time, it was the paddle steamer Waverley which is...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 203 min read
Community events
Liz has been trawling the internet for local events in and around Dunoon - let's find out what's going on on our front doorstep and join...
John Burkinshaw
Jul 162 min read
Wednesday Date Day - Lochgoilhead
Wednesdays are Liz's day off in the week and it's always good to have a plan, especially in the summer, to make the most of this time we...
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