How apt that my last post was entitled ‘Slowing Down’ as I then ground to a halt with these little snippets of Torrisdale life. Not that life ever grinds to a halt here, far from it. We continued to have a busy autumn and the bookings really only petered out in November but it was …
Slowing Down
Torrisdale is a spectacle of rich, autumnal colours at the moment and it's like living in glorious Technicolor(tm). I have been away with the kids for a few days and the trees had changed so much in my absence, it was almost an assault on my senses, but in the best possible way. It is …
Autumnal Nuptuals
I love being proved wrong (no, really) especially when it comes to hasty end-of-summer statements about the weather. I got it very, very wrong last month as I confidently proclaimed that autumn was here. The leaves are changing but the temperatures have stayed favorable and the sun has shone and shone. What a fabulous extended summer …
Farewell WWOOFers, Hello Woofer!
It’s that time of year again already. The temperatures are cooling, the wind is getting up and there is a distinct yellow tinge to some of the trees. You can almost smell autumn! “Summer’s lease hath all to short a date” so said Shakespeare (get me) and he wasn’t wrong. Especially here in Scotland. The …