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Logan Botanic Gardens
On holiday in Galloway last month, my delightful assistants and I visited Logan Botanic Gardens: This is a pilgrimage each of us makes, usually at least once a year. Being members of the Royal Botanic...
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Kitty’s Tearoom
There is a tearoom in the quiet village of New Galloway that comes worryingly close to perfection. The idea of a perfect tearoom worries me on two counts: 1. I feel quite certain that it would...
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Not so sticky sticky buns
There’s nothing like a bit of comfort food on a cold day, and when I saw these on Alice’s delicious blog, girl in a food frenzy, I was keen to make them. They should, by rights, be sticky on top, but...
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Mhor Bread Tearoom
As mentioned in my last post, the delightful assistant and I took ourselves to a new tearoom in Callander the other day. (New to me, that is, although the delightful assistant was sure she’d been there...
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Birdhouse Bakery, Muthill
Quite a while ago I drove through the village of Muthill in Perthshire and noticed a very interesting looking establishment: Birdhouse Bakery: a bakery that looked to me enticingly like a tearoom. It...
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Afternoon tea for a royal baby
As you may be aware, a British royal baby is due to see the light of day in the middle of July this year, first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge playing at...
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Duff House
One day last week the weather forecast showed the whole of Scotland under cloud apart from one little triangle in the Aberdeenshire/Banffshire area on the east coast. Chasing forecasts often proves a...
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Blair Atholl Watermill
Nestling quietly down a back street in the small town of Blair Atholl in Perthshire there sits an interesting old stone building. Blair Atholl Watermill: a building housing unexpected delights. A...
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Words of wisdom
As I’m sure many other people do, I write down quotes that amuse me. Many of these come from the mouths of the two delightful assistants, aka my mum and dad, and I record them in this book: A plain...
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Signs of spring and a surprising scone
Yesterday, the sun was shining gloriously in my part of the world. Being keen to make the most of the fine weather, delightful assistant no.1 and I zipped off Kinross-wards, to the Loch Leven Heritage...
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