I'm back.         

Phew! What an absolute upheaval moving house is.  As you all know by now, I was amazed and overwhelmed by the amount of people who turned up to help me on Saturday.  When I sat down by a wonderful log fire, ( no heating till Sunday afternoon )  at long last on Saturday evening and counted them all, I was in tears.  The first lot arrived at 9.45 and by 2.15, everything was in my new flat.  It was quite incredible.  And everyone had been fed on soup, sandwiches, cake and lots of biscuits and home made goodies.  All my kitchen stuff was put away ( not by me ) and beds were made up.   I still have many, many boxes to unpack and lots of organisation to achieve, but you know there is no hurry.  Some boxes will never be unpacked until I need something!!!

On Sunday the hen run was finished and the hens came down.  They seem to have settled well and are still laying.  I collected my dogs on Monday and I have to admit they were  a bit unsettled, following me everywhere and not liking their new kennel at all.  However after a day or so they are settling well.  We have been for a walk along the beach this morning and then played ball in the wee garden.  I say wee, but I have discovered it is not as small as I initially thought.  I will have room for two or perhaps three raised beds.  Not my poly tunnel, but I can't have it all and there may be a solution for that elsewhere.

All in all, I am quite happy.  The views are very nice.  I am sitting here in the lounge watching the ferry cross over to Bute from one window and have a view right up the loch from the other window.  From the back and side of the house I look to the hills.  Oh and my next door neighbour a field away is the Colintraive Hotel!!!!

One thing that really made me feel good was that there was a wee robin in my garden yesterday.  I just have to get my bird feeders up to see what else is here.  

I must be fairly settled as I have three people coming for supper tonight!