The amazing sunshine over the past few days has meant neglecting the blogging as I try to spend as much time outside as possible, that is until the midges get too much! A walk out on Saturday gave us a lucky sighting of two golden eagles soaring away on thermals above Rhonadale and a common spotted …

A walk up behind Glen House, through the bracken and past the growing patches of Rhododendron leads up to amazing views across to Arran and the misty outline of Ailsa Craig (once the source of blue hone granite used to make Scottish curling stones and now home to hundreds of gannets and puffins). Many meadow …