Decorating the Guest Bedroom
Our May trip was organised around a visit from 'I Escaped to the Country' to film a follow up episode. We had hoped for a little more...
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Jul 4, 20232 min read
Glendaruel Traffic
Our little house is tucked really out of the way, down a 6 mile long single carriageway road which is a horseshoe, joining the main road...
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Jun 28, 20233 min read
Day Trip to Bute
We do want to explore the islands that are on our doorstep, and to fill a day we plumped for a trip to the island of Bute. For us, this...
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Jun 17, 20233 min read
Cruachan and a heroic rescue!
A day trip to Cruachan - part 2 We were heading to Cruachan where, a generation ago, some spectacular engineering made what could be...
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Jun 10, 20232 min read
Day trip to Cruachan - part 1
Loch Fyne and Loch Awe are truly beautiful, and as their names suggest, they are both fine and awe inspiring! We had planned a day out,...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
Day trip to Dunoon
We decided to spend the first day of this trip taking a day out Dunoon-way as we needed provisions for the week. From the Glen, a drive...
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May 27, 20234 min read
Caring for the AGA
Having an AGA is a new experience for us, and a bit of a learning curve. It is an appliance of two halves - evoking a fug of cosy...
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May 20, 20232 min read
First guests at our new house
Liz's mum and dad were eager to come and see the house, so we planned a visit over Easter. Initially we were all going to go up in one...
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May 13, 20231 min read
Scottish Power
Whilst we were away between early February and Easter, we got notification via Emma, that SSE (the electricity infrastructure provider...
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May 8, 20231 min read
Our natural lawn mowers!
At the end of January 2023 we set up the wildlife cameras in the garden hoping to catch footage of the red squirrel we had seen at...
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Apr 15, 20232 min read
Last day of our mini break and bridge walk
Liz had been invited to the first ever tai chi class in the village hall by Heather, with a huge turn out of about 30 people (probably...
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Apr 8, 20234 min read
Out and about - St Modan's Well walk
Literally just down the road at Glendaruel, there's a sign to St Modan's well so we thought we'd check it out on one of the days in our...
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Apr 1, 20232 min read
First piece of furniture and first visit of 2023!
As we headed into the New Year our first visit was planned for late January off the back of a trip to the Shetland Islands for Up Helly...
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Mar 25, 20232 min read
New Year beach walk
As well as doing some DIY to the house over Christmas we wanted to have some down time and give some thanks to Adam and Emma for helping...
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Mar 18, 20232 min read
Exploring our back yard - Lovers' Walk
To take a short break from our DIY we decided to check out the walk nearest to us, recommended by Adam and Emma. It is called Lovers'...
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Mar 11, 20233 min read
December DIY
We had a lovely Christmas day with the kids, their boyfriends and Dasha and then jumped in the car first thing boxing day to hit the...
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Mar 4, 20232 min read
Our plans for Clacheranmor
We love our new house and all the character that it brings, so we will be looking to retain as much of what drew us to it as we can. But...
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Feb 25, 20234 min read
Collecting the keys
We were so excited to get the keys to the new house that, even though it's a seven hour drive from Warwickshire, we decided to make the...
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Feb 19, 20233 min read
Our new house - Clacheranmor
And, so, we have finally secured it - the perfect house for us for the next stage of our life. Nestled into the hillside above the...
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Feb 12, 20234 min read
What's it like being on TV?
The first few weeks after filming were spent in anticipation of the programme being released. We had no idea when it would be shown, just...
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