I've just been out for a walk round Breakish. We have the best weather in the UK just now and so far all of January has been lovely with just a bit of snow on the tops and lots of sun, like today. So lucky to live here.

Towards Broadford from Breakish

           To the north towards Portree

 To the mountains on the mainland

December Sun!

Today was one of those lovely frosty, but sunny and blue winter days and a little bit hazy. I went a short walk to our beach nearby at Ashaig and it was deserted except for the birds. I've just got a new camera so I took a few shots of the views though I didnt cross to the sands and went along the shore.
The top photo looks to Ben na Cailleach (the old woman's mountain), the second one to the Cuillins and the last one towards the mainland and you can just about see the sandy beach at Ashaig.

This is all only a 10 minute walk from Breakish Moss Cottage.

Winter lettuces

A lovely day today so I was checking out the plants in the tunnels and the greenhouses and planting out spring tulips that I was given as a present from Amsterdam.

The winter lettuces are looking good in the tunnel and if the weather does not get too frosty then they will stay this size till the spring and by April/May we will have our own fresh lettuces again. Looking forward to it already!

First snow of November

Today was cold to start with, and it had been snowing during the night on the mountain tops. When the sun came up around mid morning it was actually quite warm outside and very beautiful too. Here are a couple of photos from our local beach taken today, 4th November.
It is only a 10 minute walk away with great views all the way.

 

Sunsets in late October

We have been having lovely weather this last week of October and this has resulted in beautiful sunsets. There have also been beautiful skies in the morning but I have not been out with my camera soon enough to take them!

These are taken from Breakish Moss Cottage.

Protective hedges

We've just been cutting the hedges that protect our vegetable beds. We planted field maple which was slow growing but has now, after 20 years, made a very good protective barrier against the winds we get here in winter.

You can see how well it has grown from the photos. It also does not need cutting more than once a year which is good.

We have a lot of hedges here including cherry plum and beech so there is a lot of work to do with the hedge trimmers at this time of year.

Today I noticed how lovely the rowan I recently bought at Clan Donald Fair is looking in all its glory with the bright red leaves.  It is Sorbus Joseph Rock and I had always wanted one as they have such amazing red leaves in autumn and yellow berries which is quite unusual. 

The tree is too young to have berries this year but hopefully next year we will see them.  I planted it at the gateway to our Breakish Moss Cottage, as every home should have a rowan, and we can all enjoy it.