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Hi Kate, sunny here now after the squally showers of rain but not too cold ( 6.5C ).

I was managing to put holes in the soles of my work boots while digging in the garden with a spade without a flat plate for you to put your foot on when digging, I noticed the Pogu's had a plate type thing that would spread the weight so I thought I would try them, ordered now anyway, at least they can be popped into a rucksack in case they are needed, better safe than sorry  

edit, just found this photo taken at Dundonnell a ffew years ago.

Goat Rock ( click on photo to enlarge )

 
Sany6752a by eric_crichton, on Flickr

edit, boing ( really ), have a headache for some reason.

Lots of snow still up the Valleys in spite of the rain. Roads pretty nasty at times with snow, then there was the rain and the fog.... what fun!

Boing!

Evening,

No snow here in Moidart Rain eventually stopped so we went in search of otters to a hide on Loch Sunart but no sign of the little sods

We then ventured into the Salen Hotel to watch the rugby where we were made to feel very welcome amongst the chaos - very enjoyable despite the result of the match. Suspect it may become the local for this stay

Wild Otter, Loch Ewe, Aultbea by fergus_knight, on Flickr

TBW, I've never seen one on the shoreline up here, but they are around .

Maria, am ok now , hope kitty didnt have to change homes after the cards .

Glad your walk turned out ok and you got photos .

Calm n dry up here, temp 5c at present

edit, no snow ere but cloudy, temp 5.5 C.

Morning Maria, your outing sounds like hard work, I'm sure you're glad you got to the top though , walking in snow is hard work .

You didnt loose your crampons in the card game then .

The sun's clearing things up a bit here, not sure what to do.

It's not good walking on frozen ground when the top half and inch has thawed, its like wearing rollerskates < not good on a slope >, there's a path that goes from the little climbers hut at Dundonnell ( blue and white door at the side of the road ) towards An Teallach, never been up it before, but not sure, its calmish at present though .

edit < again> scrap the above as its going to rain, dont want to drive 40mins round trip to stand in the rain, i can do that here and save the fuel.

Glad you're headaches cleared though .

edit, you want to use Millys fizzy bath while the opportunity arises, thats got to help the little leggies .

No commnet on the edits above then ,

I dont think I get Gold Finches up here, loads of Siskins though .

Don't know about skip, sorry, I have a job to keep up with all the name changes at times.

edit, large shower of rain moving down the loch. . . . .  think I may sort  reciepts for a while as it only needs to be done once .

Little Miss Maria wrote (see)

Don't know where Skip is lately...

Ullo Maria, Ullo Bennachites all,

The reason for my absence is that I was in bed for two days nursing a real humdinger of a cold - I've used a rainforest's worth of tissues, taken a rucksack full of Strepsils, rubbed gallons of Vick onto my chest, shivered under two duvets and generally acted as sorry for myself as only blokes know how

All together now... "Awwwwww"

That aside, all is tickety boo! Definitely better this morning (though my nose is as red as Rudolph's).  And, to celebrate my recovery, I awoke to a very pretty snowscape. It won't last long - in fact, it's melting now.

Little Miss Maria wrote (see)

... just looking out of my window at the bird feeders..... I bought a nyger seed feeder this week and a big bag of seed..... not seen any activity yet.... I want gold finches, where are they?

Patience, dear girl, patience. It may take a while before the goldies find it. Add some peeled sunflower seeds to your ordinary feeders - goldfinches love that too. It's wortyh persevering because they really are the most attractive little birds.

Coincidentally, I've just been out replenishing my feeders too. I always sprinkle some seed and dried mealworms on the grass (or, today, on the snow) so that the ground-feeding birds get a look in too.

While on my bird-feeding soapbox, by the way, don't forget to put a pot or two of weater out and to top it up with tepid water through the day - when there is frost, the birds often find it difficult to find unfrozen water to drink.

AR, I don't often see siskins in my garden. Saw a nuthatch (well, a pair, actually) t'other day which pleased me no end. You'd certainly know if you saw a goldfinch as they are such a distinctive bird

Hi Skip glad your feeling a bit better, staying in bed is the best place for it.

I like the pic of the Goldfinch, dont think I've seen them up here though, dont suppose you want as rabbit do you .

I put an edit in my last post when I saw your appearance but I couldnt have "saved" it . Sunny spells up here but threatening showers appearing now and again.

Maria must be rejuvenating her saucepan stock to a noisey tune .

Manflu, Skip? You poor bastard!

Morning all from a grey and mild South Wales. 

Metric Kate wrote (see)

Manflu, Skip? You poor bastard!

Hey, Maria, thats quiet a hike you had the other day ( just looked at map ) now I see why you were on about starting early, must have taken a while to get there and as you say, even longer to get home afterwards , liked the photos though .

Getting dusk here now.