Photo by Filip Urban on Unsplash In 2021 a group of extremely dedicated and motivated people, based primarily in the Scottish Highlands, made the bold decision to address the question: “What do we want our food system to look like by 2030?” The Highland Good Food Movement aims to transform the way food is produced […]
January 2021 Since we moved into our house in May 2019, we’ve been more or less renovating non-stop. We started with the rooms necessary to enable us to open the B&B, then we moved on to ‘less urgent’ rooms. Our living room falls under the latter category and we started work on that in October
31 December 2020 On this final day of the extraordinary year that was 2020, we’d like to share a poem that Helen penned about New Year’s fireworks. Wishing you a Happy New Year and a healthy and happy 2021!
December 2020 (Image credit: Dirk Vorderstraße CC BY 2.0) A very popular custom in Germany is the lighting of candles in an Advent wreath on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. The concept of the Advent wreath originated among Lutherans in the 16th century, but it didn’t catch on in its current form until
November 2020 On 1st December 2006 we were married in the Town Hall in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. As a native Bavarian, Rudi wore traditional costume, which included Lederhosen, a Charivari and a loden jacket. I also went for the traditional look and bought a Dirndl for the occasion. The photo shows us wearing the same outfits
October 2020 One of the rooms in our house which we’ve worked hard to make eco-friendly is our bathroom, and we’re pleased to report we’re (almost) there. The way we see an eco-friendly bathroom is free of plastics and toxic chemicals, and with minimal water and energy use. These are some of the changes we
