Time For A Well Earned Rest

March ended with a flurry of activity. In addition to seed sowing, planting in and around the woods and finishing off the lounge we had spent a few days helping our neighbours lay about 300m² of turf. By the time April arrived we were pretty exhausted and ready for a little break.

With the lounge nearly done the carpet arrived and was fitted on the 2nd of April. With the curtains on order it was almost complete.

Something we became aware of while working on the smallholding was how the days and weeks would merge together. If it wasn't for my attempts to keep a diary going we would have had no idea what we had done and when. A surprising result was that, at times, we would forget to stop and have a rest.

Thankfully, at the beginning of April, we were blessed to be able to welcome some old friends to stay for a few days. (Not old as such but those who are always there through thick and thin, the type you can not speak to for a few months and then catch up exactly where you left off - pure gold.) As well as the opportunity to spend some quality time together this gave us the perfect excuse to have a rest and enjoy some wonderful tasty meals out. The weather was due to be horrible, wet, rainy and cold with the chance of snow. However, we managed to escape the worst of the second beast from the east and indeed it was a glorious day when we visited Loch Lomond.

I pinched this photo from our friends. They are much better photographers than me and I just loved this one with the stones in the foreground and the snowcapped hills behind.

The newly refurbished Maid of the Loch was just visible in this photo.

We had a wonderful few days and cannot wait for our friends to return as we have so many other places to visit and restaurants to try.