At last the weather is improving, it is set to be a warm sunny day. This a real bonus because the cold overcast weather of recent weeks has made it a nightmare to dry washing. …
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County: Stirlingshire
Take Me Back to the Ochils
One of my favourite films is Calamity Jane it has many wonderful songs including “Black Hills of Dakota”.  Just before they burst into song Calamity (Doris Day) comes out with the line “Don’t it thrill …
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Yesterday was cold and miserable, but it did mean that I could focus on doing some work and popping out a couple off times to the woods opposite our site at Carr’s Hill CL. This …
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Since arriving at Carr’s Hill CL I have seen the distant Ochil Hills everyday on my early morning walk. They look a cracking range of hills and Lynnie has already correctly predicted that we will …
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One of my favourite songs is “My Girl” by The Temptations, it has cracking lyrics for an old romantic like me, including the line “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day, when its cold outside …
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