Pam
Long time, no see
I could say that the last few years have been too busy to keep up the content on this blog, but that would not be totally true. In fact,...
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Whindley
Gairloch, Scotland
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Pam
- Aug 20, 2021
- 1 min
Don't let the colour fool you - it's not gorse this time.
Early in the year we have a shrub in the garden which rivals the gorse for colour, if not for scent. The berberis is covered in an array...
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Pam
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Missing life....
We have all missed so much of life this year! Normally, we would have visited Whindley at least six times during the year. In March, we...
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Pam
- Mar 21, 2020
- 1 min
Can we turn the clock back and start 2020 again, please?
What a time we are living in! Having just spent 2 busy weeks at Whindley doing the boring maintenance and decorating tasks which every...
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Pam
- Mar 14, 2020
- 1 min
Scottish weather gets a bad press!!!
The frequest response when people know you are visiting Scotland is...."take some warm clothes!" or "prepare to get wet a lot". This gets...
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Pam
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Sunsets are so tempting.
Being related to a photographer can be a blessing, or a curse. The chief photographer in our family likes nothing more than a good...
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Pam
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Gairloch Heritage Museum
We were very disappointed on our last visit to Whindley that we missed the opening of the beautiful new Museum. It is just down the hill...
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Pam
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Kitchen upheaval
Any guest who visited Whindley last year would have been aware that we had a large leak in the kitchen which had ruined the flooring. We...
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Pam
- Jul 11, 2018
- 1 min
Our favourite visitors
We have a lot of wonderful wildlife visiting our garden at all times of year. The summer months are particularly good when the nights are...
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Pam
- May 9, 2018
- 1 min
Why Whindley?
When we first bought Whindley, I questioned the choice of name. Beyond the garden to the north east is a high cliff of rock which at this...
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Pam
- May 2, 2018
- 1 min
New look interiors
Before we came to own Whindley, the house was run as a bed and breakfast. We bought the fixtures and fittings with the property, even...
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Pam
- Apr 13, 2018
- 1 min
Wester Ross Spring
The daffodils are letting us know that spring is here. The easterly winds are trying to tells us the opposite with a cold bite. However,...
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Pam
- Mar 22, 2018
- 1 min
What can I say..........
We love Scotland! More particularly, we love Wester Ross. My husband tells a tale of, as a child, reading about a place in NW Scotland...
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