The Big Lad can often be found building things from Meccano. Today, he had the chance to play with an even bigger set of Meccano—our Land Rover Defender. When he came home from school, I’d already spent most of the day fitting replacement second row seats in the truck but there were half a dozen [...]
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‘Just a normal day…’
We had a further 5-8cm of snow overnight, taking the depth of cover to 45cm. The drifts were much deeper thanks to the continuing strong winds, while the roads were treacherous with loose snow over ice. As a result, the Other Half was not surprised when an education workshop that she was to have attended [...]
Read moreYet another wintry blast
After a night of heavy snow falls and strong winds, this was the scene that greeted us this morning. The croft was inundated with snow after 18 hours of unrelenting blizzards that closed roads and schools around the region. When the Other Half was returning with the Big Lad from his swimming lessons at Huntly [...]
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8 June, 2011


