Tag Archives: Scotland

trees for life

By Lucy | Published June 12, 2010

  Four of us girls (Charlotte, me and Lucy and Eleanor from moonrabbits) are doing a sponsored climb to raise money for trees for life, the wonderful charity that is replanting the Caledonian Forest. We intend climbing Bennachie 3 times in one day, taking all three routes to the Mither Tap in about a months time. [...]

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Peregrines

By Lucy | Published June 9, 2010

Wonderful place this, great home ed group event there a few more pics in our home education set on flickr and a short video of the squirrels below, much topical talking in background… Related posts:flower powerHannibalhedgehog, toad and tower

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I want to ride my bicycle

By Lucy | Published June 1, 2010

I want to ride it where I might There’s been lots of sunny days, there’s been lots of bike rides in various directions.  We were on The Buchan Way here, an old railway line. back home in the garden: Related posts:Christmas without Cruelty Edinburgh 2005remembranceherbidacious!

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coastal pics and pink meadow

By Lucy | Published May 27, 2010

Related posts:Tolquhon and Mystic Woodbits and bobs of educationsomething fell from the sky again

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Loudon Wood, feet and newts

By Lucy | Published April 11, 2010

 After many years of searching in vain, we finally found Loudon Wood stone circle. The length of time was contributed to by a council sign pointing into completely different, unconnected bit of wood – ignore that and use google maps instead if wanting to visit! Beautiful place. Davie put on music down by the pond as he set [...]

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fox in the snow

By Lucy | Published February 20, 2010

Lots more has fallen – we are ankle deep again… just as I was taking photos this fox came and had a good look into the garden. We do see them quite often here, but not usually when holding a camera then, while eating my porridge by the window this morning I noticed I had an [...]

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Scottish macaroons

By Lucy | Published January 24, 2010

If you’re looking for a Scottish dish to make for Burns night other than haggis*, these are very good – nothing like the English item of the same name and containing the somewhat surprising ingredient of potato (undetectable, is lovely fondant). Basically you boil a small peeled potato, mash it and mix in as much icing sugar as [...]

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Burns Night

By admin | Published January 25, 2008

O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e’er untie the filial band That knits me thy rugged strand! (The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Sir Walter Scott) After dancing [...]

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camping

By Lucy | Published June 25, 2005

Rosslyn Chapel (Daniel wanted to visit this after reading the Da Vinci Code and many other books on the same subject)   Chalice Well gardens in Glastonbury – one of our favourite places. Roman Baths (good children’s pages on this site) Also visited the Micklegate Bar museum in York and  Jorvik Viking Centre which was [...]

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