Heaven and earth seem closer here than they do in the city
Watching the Islay weather
Category: Islay
Top News: You’ve goat to be kidding
I have mixed emotions about Islay's feral goats. They're a photogenic bunch and our guests at Beach Cottage love to snap them snacking on seaweed on their strolls to Carraig Fhada lighthouse. But the caprine chums have also chomped their way through hundreds of my trees and stamped their unclean cloven hooves all over my … Continue reading Top News: You’ve goat to be kidding
Bluebells
Pictures of bluebells always make me miss Islay at this time of year. Partly because I never know how well they are showing in and around my trees at Beach Cottage. These are in the lovely mature wood at Bridgend, in the center of Islay. The land is owned by Islay Estates, who do a good … Continue reading Bluebells
My Boys
Joseph, 18, Hugh 3 and eight months, James 19 months, on my 50th birthday. In Glasgow, 13th October, 2016
