Our clocks went back last night. This made me laugh!
I have to say I’ve been neither up nor down about it. It hasn’t bothered me as much as it used to do when I hated my job. I’m looking forward to the very light evening!
Sunshine has been a long time coming. We are finally outside in the garden for the very first time this year. Out of the breeze it feels hot. It’s only 12°C but hey that’s pretty good for us!
Khaleesi is loving the sunshine! About time too, she says.
It’s so lovely to feel the warmth of the sun on your skin after so long. The last time I sat out in the sun was the start of October in Turkey with Gayle. I still remember the last embers of the sun, knowing it would be a while before we felt it again. I was pre-sad to leave!!
Yesterday was lovely but wrap up lovely. Today is sun-trap Sunday in the back garden. I say that as it clouds over, the wind picks up and it goes cool. Did I speak too soon?!?!
I’ve not stopped all day. I’ve weeded and picked up branches and leaves, I’ve swept the decking, I’ve washed all of the dog blankets and now must rinse the washing machine before anything else goes through it. It’s HAIRY!!
It’s a proper spring day. The birds have been chirping all day. There was one in particular this morning, that chirped the introduction to the Game of Thrones theme tune. I’ve been singing that all day! 😂
Since I said it was hot it’s been cloudy and cool but I’m still sitting outside.
I feel so at peace in the fresh air. Sundays aren’t always my best day and yet this one has been calm.
I took Calaidh for a walk up the hill and got her to pose next to some daffodils. She’s a good girl…
She’s so pretty!
She’s really thinking let’s get this over with!! We got up to the field at the top of the hill and I freaked as there were two deer 🦌 in the middle of it. I called her and got her on lead but we were up wind of them so she couldn’t smell them thankfully! they didn’t seem that bothered about her either.
She did chase this poor farm cat up a tree on the way home though! Poor wee thing was hanging on for deal like until I got Calaidh on the lead.
I only got a photo as I’m ready for anything when I’m out walking 😂😂😂
So that was the weekend. It’s 5.35pm and I’m sitting outside again. The breeze has picked up and is blowing stuff all over the decking I just swept!
It feels good to have done all that today.
Hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and for those of you who get Bank Holiday Monday, enjoy your lie in. I will be mostly trying to appreciate the empty roads in the morning!
That’s two days in a row the forecast has said one thing and the weather has done the opposite. I’m not complaining. I’m sitting here right now….
I have my jacket off and even had my jumper off earlier. The sun has been shinging almost all day. It’s been cold but it’s beautiful now. I have fur lined boots and fleecy leggings on and I am pretty cosy.
I’ve found a new path and a new bench today. I’m in Largs but I parked at the Marina and walked from the Largs Pencil, into Largs. People have told me to do that a lot, I finally have!
The Pencil is a memorial to the Battle of Largs in 1263, between the Scots and the Norwegian Vikings.
It’s so lovely to see the sun and in between breeze gusts, feel the warmth of it. It’s been away for a LONG time! I am so ready for Spring and Summer.
I met up with Craig’s sister Lisa and my nephew and we played on the 2p machines for a wee while until I won a dolphin keyring! It’s been ages since I did that!! So serious!!
But the sun was calling. I’m like a caged lion being inside when the sun is out. I’ve also fasted for 19 hours so I’m ready for a cuppa. I sat outside in Indigo Eats Largs. It was a beautiful wee sun trap albeit, by the side of the road, it felt very European!
I haven’t washed my hair since Wednesday morning!
I could have sat there all day but the sea was calling. I walked up to the top of the promenade, turned back round and walked all the way back down to the Largs Marina where I’ve parked. I can’t bring myself to leave, it’s just so beautiful. I’m now perched on some rocks at the jetty!
Sunshine and blue sky is very good for the soul. 💙☀️💙☀️
Here are some more photos from the walk.
They are rebuilding the harbour wall up the top of the promenade. It looks like they are extending it into the sea a bit too.
Looking back down to Largs.
CalMac’s Loch Riddon seemed to stop sailing at 4pm.
My blogger friend The Windsor Waffle, thinks railings are my new thing… she might be right. It’s the shadows too!
My new favourite bench with a lovely dedication on it.
I’ve had a lovely day. I didn’t sleep that well, I tossed and turned like a tossey turney thing. If you ask Fitbit it says it was much better than it felt!
I got up at 7.30…. I’m still trying the no phone before natural sunlight but it’s hard. 😂
I took Calaidh and Bhruic for a run.
Then back to get Freya and take her up the hill. I left my phone to charge as it didn’t charge overnight.
I then really randomly sat down at my laptop and started to write…. I feel like I have a book in me. I say that and squirm because my head says not to be so ridiculous and my heart trusts that it might help some people. I wrote for about 3 hours just jotting things down.
Will see how it goes. I may never mention it again…. I feel drawn to help people but I’m not sure gallivanting around the world, with anxiety, is the best kind of business plan. 😂
On the way back from Largs I stopped at he Hailey Brae roadside view point. Wow.
The gorse bush is almost in full bloom with the Isle of Arran on the horizon.
Largs is just down in the foreground here.
I had the lookout to myself. It was so peaceful.
I love the calm. I love the peace. I love the sun. I love the blue sky.
It’s my day off today and I have zero plans for the next 3 days… nada, diddly squat, nowt.
That usually just opens up before me like a big hole in the ground but despite saying I’ve been freaking out, I’m actually looking forward to the relaxation. It’s been a busy few weeks.
We had a lovely meal last night at The Ship in Irvine. Our table was booked for 6pm coz that’s how we roll these days. It’s a lovely place.
Craig had Cullen Skink for starter and I had garlic mushrooms. Both were lovely.
Craig had fish and chips and I had vegetable pie…. In keeping with my random not eating meat thing.. it was really good.
Pinch my sundae and I’ll punch you. Not quite sure how I captured this random shot but it’s a good one… the dessert is mine.
This is a Tunnocks Ice Cream Sundae.
Tunnocks are a famous Scottish biscuit/cake brand and I have to say it tasted like a Tunnocks Teacake and a snowball all rolled into one!
It’s 1.30pm and I’ve been for a run with Rachel, walked Bhru by myself and walked Khaleesi and Freya with Claire… had a cuppa, tidied the house, hoovered, cleaned, put away washing, marvelled at the sunshine, put two new washings on and had a shower. Then I sat down in the silence and have almost fallen asleep.
The silence is lovely. I’ve only 3 dogs and they are fast asleep.
Showcasing my crochet here. 😂
Rachel and I headed out at 7.30am. It’s a beautiful morning. Here we are running!!
It’s such a lovely morning.
It’s all about the puddle reflections this morning. It must have rained heavily overnight.
There is a tiny reflection in this puddle!
This huge puddle shows how much it’s rained.
Love seeing the sun like this.
Bhru enjoying some one on one!
I headed back home and picked up Claire, Khaleesi & Freya!
We went into Spiers old school grounds and this huge tree has fallen over. As we walked towards it, it looked like a new, muddy pond… then I realised the tree was down and the water is the root bed filling up after the rain.
Freya having a wee chat with Khaleesi.
Freya getting cuddles from her Auntie Claire.
More reflections on the way back.
Claire came in for a cuppa and got kisses from Khaleesi!
So the weather went from warm in the lovely sunshine to torrential rain pretty quickly.
My in-laws came down this afternoon with our nephew this afternoon… to deliver Easter eggs!! We had a lovely catch up.
We also had a guy come out to fix our French doors at the back of the house. For over an hour we had 4 adults and a teenager AND 5 dogs all in one room…. So the guy had free rein to come in and out the house.!
So yeah that’s my Friday. Been a good day.
Hope you all have a great weekend. No Easter break for me as we work Monday but I’m looking forward to the next 2 days to chill.
Craig and I married on Sunday 28th March 2010 in Houstoun House Hotel in Uphall…. We booked a hotel in the centre of Scotland as I’m from the East and Craig is from the West.
We met in July 2007 and pretty much knew straight away that we were meant to be together.
How time flies, I can’t believe it’s 14 years.
I love that I can still look at him across a crowded room and be proud he is mine. ♥️
I also sometimes want to scream at him in equal measure… but I know fine well that he feels the same way…..We’ve had our challenges but we’ve faced them together and stayed strong. That’s what marriage is all about.
I got a lovely elephant charm for my Pandora bracelet…. Not because I am the size of an elephant obviously…. Not because an elephant never forgets (but that is way too true!!) it’s because 14 years is Ivory!
I also got a bracelet where you can track the progress of a sloth. I’ve still to look at it properly, but I’ll be tracking Calypso the sloth very slowly wherever he/she is.
We’re rushing tonight after working all day and now heading out to dinner.
We’re off to the Ship Inn in Irvine so it’s just a quickie from me.
Happy anniversary Craigie, thanks for supporting me through everything and loving me as much as you do. ♥️
4 whole years ago I started this blog…. I can’t honestly believe that something that started on a whim had become such a huge part of my everyday life.
I have always like talking…. Those of you who know me will agree to that…. Yet over these last few years I loved this silent kind of musing into my own head. I love my daily catch up with my mind.
Obviously there have been some days that I’ve not enjoyed writing, but that’s usually when something happens in the background that is really affects me, but it’s not my story to tell. Those days the blog feels like a chore. I’m not releasing anything, I’m skirting round the real issue and bottling it up inside. I know I could write a blog on those days and not post it… but that doesn’t seem to have the same appeal.
Why on earth have I decided to write down my every waking move and think that people will be remotely interested to hear what I have to say?!?
First of all, the Beith Townhouse asked for people to keep diaries in lockdown so that future generations would know what it was like… that was why I started. I published under Overland and Borders which is our Instagram page for over-landing. The Rambling Sloth was born about 125 or so days in.
To this day the Beith Townhouse probably have no idea that I did listen and took their request to heart… I’ve never told them, I’ve never seen them ask about it again but I just ploughed on regardless.
Secondly and more importantly, I’ve always felt a calling to talk about how I feel. I’ve suffered from anxiety and depression, lost my big job as a result and I want to scream from the rooftops that it is ok not to be ok.
On the face of it I’ve probably looked like I had it altogether. The big smile, giggles and laughter, good job, nice car, lovely house, handsome husband and dogs.
However, the anxiety has always been there, I just didn’t have a name for it until I first went off sick from work in Sept 2018 and the doctor wrote ANXIETY on my sick line.
That created WAY more anxiety…. What a ridiculous word….. what will work think?!? She’s a scaredy cat? A wuss? (Scottish for wimp!)
I was the kid who howled the night before exams, who over prepared for every eventuality.
At the time I went off sick, I thought I was suffering from depression but I now realise that the anxiety was at boiling point. I couldn’t keep the lids on any of my pots anymore. I’d spent a lifetime trying to please other people and I was coming apart at the seems. Hiring a strong team at work was the final straw. They were stronger than I was now and I had to try and manage that whilst breaking apart inside.
The wine I was drinking, to make it all better, was only making it way worse.
I loved posting photos on FB but I didn’t want everyone just to see the good side of my life. For some reason I need them to know the truth….That somedays it’s very hard work to be me.
Ooooh that brought a wee lump to my throat.
Writing the blog allows me to live life in the present moment. To know that sitting here, with Calaidh cuddled up to me, is just as important a moment as heading to Iceland again at the end of the year. Every moment in time is what makes up our life. True peace comes from living in the present.
When I’m anxious or angry I’m focussing on the future or the past.
2024 has been a good year for me. I had a wobble for the first few weeks of February but that’s calmed down, for now and I’m back in control.
I know that life will not always be easy.
But writing daily will help me navigate it all.
I don’t say this very often but I am very proud of who I have become over these last few years. I’m so grateful to have gone through what I did, to allow this version of me to be free.
I still struggle to forgive myself for the odd wobble, I need to work on that.
There is nothing better than feeling calm and I’ve worked really hard to find it. I will never stop fighting to protect my peace.
When I speak my truth I will be calm.
As hard as it is to speak my truth at times, the sense of relief is immense. The noise inside my head stops. I can finally breathe.
I get such a buzz sharing my trips with you. Let’s be honest I get such a buzz being on a trip full stop… I feel like Heidi the Mountain Goat, bounding around trying to find the best shots.
That said it’s the only thing that unsettles me at the moment. I feel my life is drawn to travel and write about it. I have no idea how that would make me money but I feel that it will and something tells me that I don’t need to know the HOW, I just need to trust that it will…. I’m trying to find my niche and my way.
Off course this last year has seen the rise of the Scottish Dog Behaviourist and massive change for Craig. I’m so proud of everything he’s achieved. Like every couple who is honest enough to admit, we have our good times and our bad. He’s my biggest fan but can also pull the rug from under me at times…. And I to him… but that’s real life isn’t it? That’s how marriage works, the key is to try and work together to negotiate the bumps and be there to love and support each other. Tomorrow we celebrate our 14th anniversary. When we’d been together for 10 days we just “knew”.
Jeez, time is just a-passing us right on by.
I want to take the 4 year anniversary to thank you all for your support. I wouldn’t do it without all your kind words. I’ve “met” so many lovely people along the way. I always said if my sharing all helps one person then this would be worth it.
Craig still got the most likes of any blog the night he took it over for my 50th birthday. If you can spare a like tonight, I’d love to beat his winning blog. It would mean the world to me. (I’m not sure it will count since I’ve asked for it but hey… 🙄😂)
I came in from work tonight and the house has all been cleaned and looking lovely.
It’s sooooo good to come home to a clean house. It’s such a relief to not have to do any housework tonight. Thank you Craigie!
My friend Tracey in Canada sent me a recipe called Detox Salad overnight…. Of course I decided not to wash my hair this morning so I could head to the supermarket before work.
Why do I find these things so difficult to do after work?!? I go before work, have 20 minutes spare and trying to read a recipe and find things I have no idea where they are in the supermarket. 🤦🏻♀️😂😂 no pressure.
I made it with two minutes to spare this morning, I got everything I needed. Check me.
I got home from work and the second ingredient was a veggie stock cube… and when she got there the cupboard was bare!! None…. Dammit…. Thankfully Claire had some and gave me two.
So I made Crazy Vegan Kitchen’s Detox Salad. The only negatives are trying to figure out what a “cup” measurement is and thinking that Cilantro was Celery…. 🤦🏻♀️😂
It took me about 35 minutes to make, which is a bit long for my liking… but I love it.
Mum….. I need a big mixing bowl from the charity shop if you get one in… we communicate through the blog these days! 😂
I have plenty for lunch and dinner tomorrow.
It was really lovely!
I also listened to a podcast today to improve your morning routine with Mel Robbins.
The theory is that if you do these 3 things it will give you a better approach to the day. You’ll be more alert and less likely to have an afternoon slump.
Get up with the alarm… average snoozers waste 4 weeks in a year snoozing… those who get up are less lethargic and ready for action. I’m a getter- upperer… most days but I will try to be more aware of this. (I also make up words!)
Trying to sit in natural light before you look at artificial screen light….. allows you to control your own mind rather than the things you read on your phone.
I’m not sure how to do this as I’m not going to sit outside first thing but I think it just means not to pick up the phone before you’ve been outside and in the present moment. This is definitely something I could try.
Drink a big glass of water, 90 minutes before your first coffee… as coffee (non decaf) actually makes you feel more tired and encourages an afternoon slump. It was a really interesting podcast. Mel Robbins is a good listen.
I sat at work today thinking, jeez what on earth will I write about today?!?
It rained a lot. I was at work. I got my period. The End.
😂😂
There’s so much more to say… of course there is…
I started the day with some gusto. As it was a non hair wash day, I had lots of time to spare so I cleaned the kitchen, put on a washing and loaded the dishwasher.
We are being really lazy not doing this at night. I came down annoyed at the mess. By the time I left for work, all that needed doing was the clean dishes out the dishwasher needed put away.
The messy kitchen monster ran about all over the kitchen today at some point and I came home to do it all again. I have proudly, clearly communicated my desire for things to be left a bit tidier moving forward.
By the time I came home some mild stomach cramps had kicked in and I felt really irritable.
I’m angry at the weather for being so cold, wet and miserable again. Yesterday’s sunshine was so lovely. It really helps my mood. I feel like I am sitting in front of series after series on TV just now, I don’t want to do that but I also can’t not do that just now. I don’t drink, I’m trying to fast, I only do decaf and I’m pretty much veggie/vegan just now so there’s not much enjoyment in life… I need some escapism.
As soon as I write that I realise how dreadful that sounds. I get lots of enjoyment in life… I haven’t stopped this weekend. I have a cheek to think life is dull. I just mean that the day to day life is a bit monotonous at the moment.
My boss made a great point today… it’s still winter, it is still cold, all of that will change with the lighter nights and some sunshine.
I was excited to get my next Planthood food delivery….. which, of course, did not arrive.
Seems I have ordered for a monthly delivery and not weekly… I have virtually nothing to eat in the house but I’m not going back out. I have a real aversion to going out in the evenings these days. Don’t want to watch tv but don’t want to do anything else!!
So I made some cauliflower cheese with plant based spread and tofu. Who actually am I? Why am I doing this? Why can’t I eat meat? Soooo strange. I was angry at Planthood but it’s not their fault I can’t seem to work their app.
So I felt grumpy and sludgy… amazed that is actually a word…. I put my anorak on and took Bhruic and Freya out for a walk in the rain. I knew that would make me feel better!
What a difference the weather makes. Yesterday compared to today!
The pups did a lot of sniffing…. Honestly felt like they stopped at every blade of grass! It’s great mental stimulation for them though.
Come on mum says Freya!
Very spooky, old tree.
We got a bit damp and soggy but I feel all the better for the fresh air. I’m so glad I did it.
One of the lovely ladies that I used to sea swim with has just published a book. How amazing is that?!
The sad, untimely passing of her husband, lead her to honour his memory by raising awareness and reducing the stigma of those struggling with. Their mental health and addiction.
She started working towards a swim challenge where she swam from Holy Isle to Lamlash on Arran. She completed this on 4th September 2021.
She’s such an inspiration writing a book about it too!
That’s all from me tonight. I’m off to sit with my grumpy assed emotions. 😂😂
So…… Gayle and I have been talking about going to The Boat Shed Café in Lochgoilhead for ages now… Gayle saw it on Instagram and I’ve been following it too.
It’s such a pretty coffee shop on the banks of Loch Goil and it’s about an hour and a half drive from where we live.
We agreed to meet up today as the Scottish Dog Behaviourist was working! He is so busy he’s having to work a Sunday now.
When I picked Gayle up I gave her options… the first of which was the Boat Shed and she jumped at it and we both got really excited. I was so pleased she wanted to go and didn’t think it was too far. She was pleased that I was happy to drive there.
It’s a beautiful day. After all the rain and wind we’ve been having, the cold sunshine is just so lovely. It is still pretty cold but there’s a warmth when the sun is beating down on you.
I was up at 7am and did 2 dog walks before 8.30am!!
Bhruic and Freya first…. look at that sky!!
The morning sun makes this old mossy wall look so green against the blue.
It also made me look really tall and the puppers look like wolves!
The primroses are blooming, I always think they are so pretty.
Gielsland Estate looks lovely in the sun too.
It’s so quiet I stop the 3 of us for arty middle of road shot.
When I used to have the big, heavy job and used to drink and be Mrs life and soul of the party, I would never have seen this time of the morning…. This is now when I’m at my best. No one around, sounds of the birds chirping and nothing else. I just love it!
Home and quick change for Calaidh and Khaleesi.
It’s just so beautiful.
Khaleesi zonked out in Gran’s Chair when we got home. This is the seat I used to sit in when I was off sick… it’s a great seat to relax in and lovely to see Khaleei likes it too.
So back to the ROADTRIP. Love that WordPress always puts that word into caps for some reason 😂😂😂
We set off on an exciting adventure.
It’s a beautiful drive… my trusty Co-pilot even thinks to take some photos for the blog. She’s a keeper 😂 the next 4 are Gayle’s taken from the moving car!
The drive through Scottish lochs and mountains is breathtaking at any time but when that sky is blue it’s just stunning!
We get to the turning for Lochgoilhead and the road goes down to single track, with passing places. It’s not a great single track either but a very crumbly road with steep verges at either side, if you pull off the tarmac there’s a chance you might not get back up onto it.. my anxiety heightens a little. I’m relieved that I didn’t know this in advance!
Lochgoilhead is beautiful.
The single track road runs right along the front of the loch elevated about 6ft from the water itself… no barriers, just the drop. 😬We finally get to the Boat Shed Café on our tiny single track road…. We made it!!
There are lots of people standing outside, come to think of it we’ve driven past loads of people walking on the single track road towards and away from it.
The realisation…..
The car park is over full already and there is literally nowhere to park.
We’re both completely shocked as that thought had never crossed our minds. We’d driven all this way only to not get in?!?!
We had no option but to drive right past it. I finally found somewhere to turn and we drove past again but nothing had changed.
About half a mile up I found somewhere to pull the car into. This shows how narrow the roads are…
We parked and walked back.
We stood in the queue and took the obligatory selfie with the sign in the background.
There were about 7 groups of people in front of us. I don’t know how long we stood but nothing was moving. Gayle was reading lots of comments on their Instagram page about the lack of parking and the trouble you could get into parking illegally…. We talked ourselves into worrying that the car wasn’t in a proper parking space and could be construed as in a passing place…. I went to take some photos of the loch.
I mean it would have been a lovely view for coffee but the outdoor area isn’t in the sun… the sun is shining on the road side of the building. Everyone had blankets and looked freezing.
We really sadly gave up our space in the queue and decided to leave.
We were gutted that we’d gone all this way and couldn’t get parked. It’s only 24th March, goodness only knows how hard it must be in the summer as the Loch Goil cruises go from the same car park.
With hindsight, the car was fine where it was parked and we could easily have stayed but the shine had gone a bit by then.
Instagram follows are all very well but the reality of the beauty of the place is often different. Their posts are beautiful, so appealing but obviously everyone and their Auntie want to go too!
So back in the car and took a shortcut back to the top of the Rest and Be Thankful. I say shortcut… the satnav didn’t want us to go on this road but it was so much quicker.
The Rest and Be Thankful is named after the old road which was super narrow and windy to the top of the road. You had to rest and be thankful when you got to the top.
This photo doesn’t do the depth of the valley any justice! if you look to the left you’ll see the new road which cuts up the side of the hill. This gets closed after almost every heavy rain shower due to landslides. The old military road gets used more often than it should be!
We then got back onto the A82 and headed down into Arrochar. We eventually found a parking space!
We managed to find a takeaway for hot chocolate and a chocolate bar as we were starving by now!
Spotted this GATE!!!
It’s so still and calm but clouded over a bit.
Sadly despite the beauty, the beaches are covered in plastic. It’s really sad as it’s sooo bad. it must wash up in storms but there is so much of it.
Back in the car and down through Tarbert to Firkin Point on Loch Lomond. I stopped because there are toilets here!! It’s very pretty too.
Back into the car and further down the Loch to get a picture of Ben Lomond.
Then we headed back down the road and home.
Despite not achieving our main goal, we had a great day! Great company for a lovely chat.
Happiness is what you make it and I’m never happier than out sightseeing and especially with a great friend!
What’s started as a really slow day, has flown in.
I was up at 7 and out with Bhruic and Freya first thing…. It was SO cold I could hardly feel my fingers or speak properly. I was meant to be running with Rachel but I told her no way 😂😂😂 it was far too cold.
Just after I took these pictures it started to rain and it didn’t stop for ages.
I came back and had coffee with Craig but then saw my neighbour Holly passing, either her dog so I jumped out with Khaleesi and Calaidh. We got soaked!! It’s milder by now but still pouring. We had a great catch up though. It always makes the walk go so much faster.
By the time both dog walks were over, it was only 9.30am and the day loomed before me like a looming thing….. what to do?!?
I changed the bed… clean bed tonight, yay! Dusted and polished the bedroom furniture and hoovered the rest of the house, apart from the dining room and kitchen. I’d been fasting for nearly 19 hours when I realised, so I stopped to eat. By this time it was 11.30am.
I knew mum and dad were popping over to my brothers this afternoon. I also knew that the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier was in the Firth of Forth… I thought under the Forth Rail Bridge, so fancied getting some photos of it. so I decided to head over there at the last minute.
Just before I left Mum called to say the ship was further up the Firth opposite Hopetoun House now, so not quite the same photo opportunity!!
I got over to SQ at 2.18pm…. Having no concept it would take me an hour and 20 minutes from here… not like I haven’t done that journey so many times before! 🤦🏻♀️😂
We jumped in my brother’s car and he took us up to Hopetoun House where I got my photo opportunity!
Not quite as good as I hoped but at least I’ve seen it.
She’s in this photo…. Honest!
A zoom in….
On the other hand there was an excellent view of the 3 Forth Bridges! Albeit quite far away!
Mum caught me in some photos…
This old house is right next to the coast… completely ruined now.
On the drive back up to the house we drove under all 3 bridges… all these next pics taken from the car. My brother was driving.
The new Queensferry Crossing.
The old Forth Road Bridge, only open to buses now.
The iconic Forth Rail Bridge.
We went back for coffee and hot cross buns and had a good chat before I headed home again. Was barely there for 2 hours… it was all so last minute!
I had a lovely drive home so I’m really glad I went out for the afternoon and did something different.
I popped into the pub for an alcohol free pink gin, to see Craig who’d just come home from work and gone in for a pint.
I made some pasta for dinner rather than getting a takeaway. We both really enjoyed it. It’s too easy to order in at the weekend but that adds up.
Today The Rambling Sloth Explores Stirling…. Well Stirling Castle to be precise. I’m meeting Mum and Dad up there. Our tour of Scottish castles continues!
I love doing things like this with them as we are making memories rather than sitting about in each other’s houses.
I woke at 5 but managed to fall back to sleep before the alarm at 7am… only got 86% for last nights sleep…. Love that I think Fitbit is scoring me. 🤦🏻♀️😂
My train is 8.42 out of Glengarnock to Glasgow Central.
The forecast is not the best for a day out but as the week’s gone on, it’s got slightly better and there is sun now, in amongst some showers. It is very windy though!
This is my journey from home up to Stirling.
Of course I’ve taken the train as I like doing now. I get to watch the world go by rather than have to drive and find parking spaces.
Just as we pull into Stirling the heavens open but Mum and Dad are already in the car park waiting for me. We head straight up to Stirling Castle.
Within 5 minutes the sun is shining again and that’s par for the course all day.
Mum took this lovely one of Dad and I looking at the Sir Robert the Bruce monument and in the distance over to the Wallace Monument, if you zoom in.
I tried to get a photo without all the cars parked on the Esplanade.
This is actually all you can see of the castle as you walk in.
Mum and Dad are members of Historic Scotland so mum only had to book a ticket for me. We went straight to the Unicorn Cafe for coffee and cake… can’t sightsee without sustenance!
By the time we come out it’s raining again, but the mini daffodils are so pretty in the stunning gardens around the castle.
I got talking to a couple from the Gold Coast in Australia, right under that big tree, as we sheltered from the rain. We were talking about the history it must have seen in the past. I love taking to people I don’t know.
The views off behind that tree are just stunning. Stirling Castle is built high up with views for miles around.
You can also see the next band of rain moving in. actually this one was moving away!
This is the Wallace Monument which is off to the other side.
Back into the gardens.
This is the back of the Grand Hall. It’s beautiful in the sunlight and look at that sky! We are soooo ready for some sunshine with actual heat in it. In Scotland we can sometimes have some warm weather in March, not so this year.
You can tell how windy it was!! Mrs no hat is creating havoc for the selfie.
Love this tunnel.
The front of the Grand Hall.
And this is inside.
With the Queen on her throne. 👸🏻 😂
Last time I sat here I was with my Australian cousin Linda in 2018!
Love this one of mum and dad… not posed, just resting.
The stain glass windows are stunning in the sunlight.
This is the gift shop but sure it was something else long before that!
The circle on the ground below is the remains of the Kings gardens. I’ve never noticed this before. The Queens garden is just out of shot.
The flags 🏴
Guess you have a rough idea that I took loads of these until the Scotland flag actually blew in the right direction!
Another favourite shot of mum and dad… both being present in the moment.
Now I made them pose!
I love this of Mum wandering around the chapel.
Now we’re inside the newly renovated Palace. Dad says when we were kids we walked through this and it was all just stone and wood. It was refurbished in 2011 to look as it may have back in the day when Kings and Queens lived here. (I have to confess to not being too great on the history of it all… there’s way too much to remember and I’m more taken with the beauty than anything else).
The ceilings are stunningly beautiful. This is the famous Stirling Heads. Which are carved oak roundels, recreated from the 1540’s.
Not the best shot but there was a full rainbow when we left.
I’ve had the best day. If you’ve followed the blog for a while you will know that I’ve realised that THIS is what makes me tick. I love exploring, catching blue sky and taking photos of the beauty that I see.
My head is clear, I’m present in the moment all day. There is no stress, no worry, no fear, no irritation. Just calm…. And a fair wee bit of excitement. Quite a bit of excitement to be honest.
This is living for me. Making the most of each day as much as I can.
We had some COVID chat at crochet last night and remembered queuing up to get into the supermarket one at a time. The aisles were mostly directional so you couldn’t just wander around as you pleased as they created a flow through the shop. Remember how it felt when you saw someone going the wrong way, you’d be raging and try to get as far away as possible so you didn’t catch anything.
I can’t remember how long it took before masks and hand gel became a thing but I do remember the fight for toilet roll and paracetamol…. Across the world… was very real. The shelves were empty almost immediately.
Wearing masks was awful…. I couldn’t see for steaming up my glasses…. But those were the rules and COVID showed me I was a rule follower to the letter!!
Some people didn’t wear them because they said they couldn’t and wore those sunflower 🌻 lanyards around their necks, some folk randomly wore them under their nose and over their mouth which always seemed a bit pointless to me.
When we met someone we used to do a merry dance around that 2m distancing.
We were only allowed out for an hour a day….
So many people died without loved ones by their side and we’ve since learned that so many of those in power didn’t live as strictly as we did. So very sad.
We all followed a set of rules to a certain extent… it seemed so crazy to think back of how strict everything was.
This is from my 2020 memories on FB
I wish I could find my blogs from back then. I initially started writing under Overland and Borders, which was the FB page that we shared our travels in Craig’s Jeep at the time. I knew the name didn’t sit right and at some point in the fairly early days, The Rambling Sloth was born. It summed me up at the time…. Wittering away like a budgie… boy I can talk… but so tired that some days even cleaning my teeth was hard. Last night the Hookers said I was more Dora the Explorer! 😂. I see a future where The Rambling Sloth Explores 😂 doesn’t quite roll off the tongue does it?!?!
So I had another AMAZING sleep last night. Fitbit has given me two 92%’s in a row. I feel like I’ve won the sleep lottery.
Work was really good again today. No drama, no distractions from left field, just worked through the tasks at hand and got them done.
It’s rained almost all day and the portacabin was battered by the wind too.
So now I have my feet up in front of the tv chilling out. It’s my Friday night!
So tomorrow The Rambling Sloth and Parents Explores Stirling 🚝😂 and that’s definitely a mouthful.
Friday 20th March 2020… the night the UK went into lockdown due to COVID-19.
It hardly seems real now does it?
After 441 days of being alcohol free, that night, I decided to have some rosé wine as life was changing. We didn’t know how long the pub would be closed so it seems like a great idea.
I spent the first day of lockdown with the hangover from hell!
Stop for a minute and think back to that time.
It hardly seems real…
I’d been off sick from work since the end of May 2019 after a 3 month spell from Sept to Dec 2018…. All of a sudden the world joined my new crazy, stay at home world.
I’d been made redundant on 29th February 2020, but I still wasn’t well enough to look for work. I was lucky I had my redundancy to see me through lockdown.
I was scared but a bit excited by the drama of it all… our first night in real lockdown saw a power cut in our village… we were all messaging each other, thinking that was going to be the next thing and we’d be stuck in our houses with no electricity…. Thankfully that never came to anything 😂
The world as we knew it, went on hold for a long time.
There was a time when we thought we’d never get it back and yet gradually we have.
Handshakes are no longer feared. Hugs are definitely back on the agenda.
I found an interesting article from Science Focus which discusses 9 lessons learned from the pandemic… I’ve put the link in if you’re really bored and fancy reading. 😂
So many memories of such a strange life time and it does all seem like it happened to someone else. It seems so surreal.
Most of us are lucky that life today doesn’t seem any different than it was before COVID…. For those of you who lost family members or friends, or are suffering from long covid. I’m sure that’s not the case. May they always be remembered.
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I had a an amazing sleep last night…. 7 hours and 45 minutes. I woke at 6.09am…. One minute before the alarm… I LOVE THAT!!!
It’s been a day of manifesting things just before they arrive…. Thinking of customers who phoned a few hours later, losing something only to find it the minute after I’d decided to buy a new one. It made me laugh all day.
These were all very interesting again… I swear the universe talks to me through FB…. Jeez, really, what chance do I have?!?! 😂
I love this 😂😂😂
I made my last Planthood meal tonight which was Lasagne soup.
It was really lovely. I have some for tomorrow, in a safe place where a thieving puppy can’t pinch it! 😂😂 Yes I put a lid on it mum!
So nothing news to report, another good day at work. Busy but calm and organised. Long may that continue.
Not quite as busy as yesterday but still on the go all day. Today felt like a really good day at work… everything went in the right direction.
It was lovely and sunny but windy…. So still no real heat. I managed to get the portacabin door open for a bit which is lovely. Some nice fresh air for a change.
I had a great sleep and didn’t wake until 5.45am.
We had a meeting at the house tonight at 6pm. Craig and I did a Will back in June 2023 but the company have gone bust. The new company have taken over the bust company Wills and came out to check everything over. They said they’d been written under English Law and that means they are not valid. They will be rewritten under Scots Law. We’ll get the new ones out in 3-4 weeks.
So that was the excitement for today!
Loads of good things to share today though. FB is really speaking to me these days…. Yeah I hear how crazy that sounds!
I love this next one…. Kinesiology was about this this week. Offering others unconditional support.
And how true is this next one?!?
I made a tofu stir fry tonight for dinner… I’ve not felt too great since the Bean Burrito I had at lunchtime… one of the guys said it’s probably that vegan shit I’m eating…. lol quite possibly so. I left the rest of the stir fry in the frying pan while we had the Will meeting.
It’s vanished.
Into thin air…. Or?!?! Khaleesi’s tummy maybe?!? She’s the only one who would counter surf.
There was a customer waiting for me when I arrived at 7.45am and I didn’t sit down until just before 12.30pm! The afternoon was pretty much the same. I never got any actual work done but hey, the day flew in so I’m not complaining.
Been meaning to say that I finally got some Tumeric supplements. I was recommended to get some with black pepper in them.
These were not cheap unfortunately but they were on a list as being one of the best.
I’ve only been on it for two days so will see how it goes. I’m hoping it will help with joint pain.
I had the laziest day yesterday. I watched three movies yesterday afternoon and evening. I really enjoyed it.
I slept really well last night until 5am then wide awake.
It’s been a beautiful day today… until just before 4pm when it started to rain. It was so lovely to see the sun.
In other good news, Waverley Excursions are releasing their Glasgow and Clyde summer timetable on Thursday! I’ve got one more sailing ticket left to book a trip. Can’t wait to see what’s on offer and get something else booked. I’m sailing from Glasgow to Oban on Monday 20th May.
And finally can anyone remember that 4 years ago tonight was our second last night of freedom. Tomorrow sees 4 years since he start of Scottish COVID-19 lockdown.
It seems so alien to think back.
And this time definitely finally it’s my friend Lea’s birthday today. She’s been there through it all, she’s never judged and hasn’t run away yet 😂 very apt that Donna Ashworth just posted this on FB.
I honestly can’t believe that I have gone 5 years and 2.5 months without alcohol.
Look at the stats…. I have not consumed 820,000 alcohol calories. Wow!
Now I’m not naive enough to realise that those of you who are quite happy with your drinking, just won’t get this at all.
Not drinking is still considered a bit weird. Alcohol is used to celebrate EVERY life event, in fact it’s fundamental to every life event.
The world revolves around it. It’s not a holiday until you’ve had a drink at the airport, not a holiday without a cocktails, not a wedding without a toast, not a birthday without a boozy party…. If you don’t drink then you don’t really fit in.
I chose to stop drinking as I didn’t like the person I became when I drank. I felt out of control. My life revolved around it. I couldn’t wait for it to be socially acceptable to have a drink on day off work. I was always ready for the next glass of wine. It would calm me and relax me and take away the fact that I was incredibly unhappy at work. I was a burnt out people pleaser who had no people pleasing left in me.
The only time I was happy was when I had a drink as it numbed it all.
I’d been on anti depressants for years. All the while drinking away…. Managing hangover, shame, regret and trying to please everyone the next day. No one would ever have known how unhappy I was. I was the life and soul of the party.
And then I started to cry and didn’t really stop.
It took me 3 months of being off sick from work, before I decided to do something about it and started Dry January 2019.
In the middle of February I was asked to become admin of the FB group After Dry January and that group of people were fundamental in keeping me going. They made it all ok. I’ve never even met these people.
I’ve only had two slip ups… once when the pubs closed for lockdown and the second when they reopened…. I drank as fast as I always did and felt awful the next day on both occasions.
It’s not for me.
Apart from being socially awkward these days and feeling a bit uncomfortable in my own skin at times…. It’s THE best thing I have ever done. For someone who desperately tried to fit in, I’ve finally chosen to stand out.
I am finally free.
The early mornings are my favourite time. When I feel fresh and bright and ready to take on anything before everyone else gets up.
By the afternoon I’m quite happy with my feet up writing down what is going on in my head.
How my life has changed.
How funny that I’m celebrating 1,900 days on the day that so many people round the world are partying on St Patrick’s Day.
We got up early this morning and went for a family walk.
It was beautiful sunshine but the sky was so dark in front of us. The power lines add to it…
I had a super productive morning. I’ve done a washing and filled the dishwasher. We’ve been to the garage and filled my tyres with air, hoovered the car, done a quick food shop as I’ve run out of Planthood meals. All of this before 11am. (unfortunately still have a tyre warning light on my dash but that’s for tomorrow!)
I had an early lunch as I was hungry and then had a bath.
I’ve decided to have an early afternoon and chill out and relax. I’m really tired after the excitement and exercise of the last few days. It’s been a great weekend.
My mind is still all over the travel thing and make the most of life every day.
Oooh I did not sleep well… Fitbit decreed it was a “FAIR” sleep… I agreed.
It was lovely and sunny when I finally got up, though super frosty. It’s one of those mornings where the sun defrosts the car before you go outside…. Love that!
So I set off just after 8am, in the glorious sunshine, headed for Loch Katrine.
The first part of the journey from home to Glasgow Airport, was through thick fog. Thankfully the fog cleared and there was pure blue sky. My head wasn’t the best this morning but this was just the tonic.
It was a stunning drive.
The morning sunlight made everything stand out. The colours were very autumnal. The mountains were very brown as the heather isn’t growing yet, the ferns were a beautiful rusty red/brown and any water I passed was like glass. It honestly took my breath away.
Yes I was a bit anxious on some of the roads, when someone got stuck behind me but I was there just after 9am.
Could that be any prettier?!?
It’s the blue that gets me every time. I took similar photos after the boat trip and they look really different. I was so lucky to be able to see this.
This is the Sit Walter Scott Steamship. She doesn’t sail during winter but is ready for her first outing of the season, next Friday.
If you look at the photo above, she has canopies front and rear but on my photo below she has a fixed cabin area on the front.
I had about two hours before the boat trip sailed, so I set the timer on my phone for 45 minutes to walk alongside the loch. I had plenty time to get back if I turned with the timer. I’ve marked the walk with a thin red line out to Brenachoile Point.
It only worked out at just over 4 miles.
You can see the wind is starting to pick up and that’s the last of the still reflection shots.
The road alongside the loch is slightly wider than single track but an old style waterworks road with rusty old railings, very pretty in itself.
This moss was so vibrant.
I may have disturbed these geese….
Brenachoile Point has views all around the lock.
It also has a beautiful little shingle beach with crystal clear water.
As I said, I was so lucky to get here but the timer went off and I had to turn back. It made a lovely wee picnic area.
Sir Walter Scott wrote his poem The Lady of the Lake about this area of Loch Katrine.
I made it back for 11am. Quick drink of water and changed into my winter coat.
As I booked on line the ticket inspector radioed to say he had the Avery Party….. cringe… Avery party of one….. 😬. We headed out in Rob Roy III…. As I listened to a guy telling his parents that the Rob Roy I and II had sunk…. 🤦🏻♀️😂
The boat trip was full. There were about 30 of us on it. I think honestly, it wasn’t the best part of my trip. The diesel fumes at the back were pretty strong and honestly, it was just freezing out there. I had an Argentian couple sitting one in front of me, knees touching and one so close beside me on the other side, I guess it was just a bit uncomfortable and I did feel a bit SOLO traveller.
The winter cruise sails out into the loch for a half hour and back.
I was fascinated but the colour of the wake bit if you look closely enough, I think it’s the diesel fumes floating above it that create the effect.
The commentary was a little quiet but really good. I had no idea, or most likely, had forgotten, that Loch Katrine supplies much of Glasgow with fresh water. So all the water used in Irn Bru and Tennants Lager, to name a few, will come from Loch Katrine.
The Victorians needed a fresh water supply as much of Glasgow only had access to dirty water… there were some complaints this the newly piped-in Loch Katrine water had no taste and no texture!!! 🤢
The loch is 13 miles long.
The cruise is over in no time. It only cost £15 for the hours round trip. It took me an hour and 19 minutes to get there from home so it’s not far from Glasgow.
I’d taken some lunch with me so I rushed to the car to heat up and get my lunch after 20 hours of fasting… I’ve lost 3lbs this week!
I spotted this wee guy on the drive home!! He was kind enough to do all his scratching right opposite a lay-by!
He’s super cute.
The drive home was equally pretty… Dukes Pass is a very windy but stunning drive.
I pulled into St Mocha in Carbeth, a drive through coffee shop. I walked in though as I’ve been wanting to go there for a while. My kinda place. Very highly recommended!
So a lovely wee day but I am exhausted now!
Feet up making reels for FB. Go check them out on my page The Rambling Sloth. I really enjoy doing them.!
Helen will be so proud of me. I spent the morning walking, walking and walking!!
I had the best sleep. All night until 6.30am.
As usual… facing a weekend with no plans, I’m never quite sure what to do with myself.
I got up after 7 and put a washing on and decided to get out with some of the many dogs, first thing 😂😂
The torrential rain has stopped but left a low lying fog.
It was so peaceful, so still and so calm…. Not a breath and barely a noise apart from birds tweeting.
We’ve all been a bit depressed by the weather recently and yet this morning, it felt really lovely, very misty and mysterious. I had a really lovely walk.
Huge puddles.
Bhru checking out the high burn… it’s flowing fast after all the rain recently.
They went in to play!
I say that and Freya always sits on the bank!
On the way back I played with some reflections in puddles. This one wasn’t the best…
Like the spooky tree reflection.
When I got home I decided to take Calaidh out for a LONG walk.
We went through Spiers School Grounds. It’s beautiful but very wet.
These wee daffies were lovely….
Some of them flattened by the rain.
It really feels like everything is starting to grow now.
How random is this?!?! A road sign in the middle of a field near Kilbirnie Loch? I stood for a while trying to figure out where the road might have been? Hope some of the locals can tell me why this is here?!?
Calaidh thinks she can take on this branch!!
Calaidh is living her best life.
By this time it’s been raining for a while but I’m loving being out in it.
She loves a wee pose does our Cal!!
Here’s the random road sign on the way back… so weird!
Calaidh loves a paddle!
Not sure this does the rain justice…. But it was heavy by the time we headed home.
Someone needed a shower!
It’s the first good wash she’s had in a long time and she is super fluffy now!!
I’ve walked 11.37 miles today and I’m feeling it. I had such a lovely morning though… out in the rain, appreciating the beauty in the mist. It felt very good to be alive.
When Craig came home from work we headed to Mocha Jak’s for a bite of lunch. I had Honey and Walnut avocado stack.
I gave Craig the fried egg but I did have the halloumi. I’ve been almost fully vegan this week, it’s not through choice but I just don’t fancy meat.
I may also have had an oat milk hot chocolate (with cream yup I get the irony!) but I felt it was well deserved after my 11 miles today.
It was really very lovely.
I’ve been home since 3.30 and all of a sudden it’s 5.40?! Time really disappears when I write this blog.
Just while I’m sitting thinking, what will I write about today…. I suddenly realise it’s Freya’s birthday! She is a big 7 today. I find that incredulous that 7 years have passed so quickly.
She was our wee runtie pup and was hand reared by Erica from Holmelyne Border Collies after her mum rejected her.
This was the first photo we ever saw of her.
We’d had some prosecco in the back garden that day… it was lovely and sunny…. Course we could give her a home. 😬😳 one of the reasons I stopped drinking?! 😂
When we went down to pick her up, I cannot tell you how small she actually was. The photos don’t really do it justice. She was tiny.
She was in with a litter of black and chocolate labs that were 6 weeks old. She actually looked like a white rat running about with them. It really did take my breath away. Of course we were smitten.
She had the tiniest of ears….
Which grew very quickly!
She had a big distended tummy which is still completely bald to this day… the hair never grew in.
This is her first poo in the back garden. 😳😂
She has loved Bhru from the moment she arrived in our family.
They are pretty much inseparable. That pleases Calaidh as she just wants to be with people.
Here she is pretending to be a garden gnome-puppy!
Look at the size of her, my heart still melts a little.
Very quickly she became Dinky, Baby Dinks, Baby Dittle, Baby Dinkledoodle, Baby Dinklydoo, Deetle-deetle-deetle…. The list goes on… 😬
She makes me smile almost every day. I put Calaidh’s bowl of food down in the living room, then Khaleesi’s and every time I turn round Freya has followed me in to check to make sure I’m coming back to the kitchen to get Bhru’s then hers… I giggle that she’s checking me out and I never fail to go back through and feed her.
She just jumped up beside me….
Big girl 7…. Maybe she’ll grow up now?!!
So yeah in other news, I didn’t sleep well last night which is strange as it was the first night on progesterone. Woke at 4.45am.
It’s been torrential rain today. It just never stopped, all the lovely daffodils look flattened by the rain. It pounded our wee porta cabin all day.
We were really busy again. I got a bit flapped a couple of times but I’d ended up fasting for over 20 hours so I think I just needed to eat. I’d been waiting for two parts for two different vans ALL week and neither of them arrived again. Poor Ellison had to traipse about Kilmarnock to try and pick them up from Royal Mail and Yodel. She got one of them but the Royal Mail in Killie is only open for 2 hours a day from 8-10 so we’ll have to try again tomorrow. I hate it when things don’t go according to plan but hey, that’s life.
I made this for dinner tonight!!
It was really lovely… Craig had it too.
So that’s my weekend again…. And relax… with a few more coories from Freya!
I’m just out of kinesiology and trying to pop into Crochet in the pub next door… multitasking tonight!!
I had an amazing sleep today, went into work early and had the busiest day that just flew by. I got lots done but, for my head and methodical, spreadsheet driven brain, it was all a bit too scattergun for my liking. 😂 must try to clear it all tomorrow.
I’ve got a new SPF face cream to try, recommended by my friend Helen. It feels soooo lovely on my skin. I tried it when I was at her house last weekend.
I got the night cream too…. I am not a night cream person but have decided that I must start to be. 😂🫶🏼
I amanaged to make dinner just in time for kinesiology tonight…. High Protein Soba Noodle Salad With Kimchi, Green Vegetable Medley, Lime Satay Sauce & Super Seed Topping (copied that again!)
It was nice but not truly amazing. I’m still not fancying meat though did have a doughnut today… fairly certain that wasn’t vegan. 😂😂😂
I want to say something here about a lovely lady that I know through FB who was given months to live just after Christmas…. Now hers is not my story to tell… but, she is still reading the blog and says that she loves my adventures as it means that I take her outside with me.
I cannot tell you how that made me feel. 🫶🏼
I’m writing this as I want her to know just how much her friendship has meant to me over the years. She has supported me through some of the most difficult times in my life….we have never even met. She always had the answers that I needed, always told me everything would be ok.
I can’t tell her that, now, despite the fact that I want to more than anything in the world.
What I can tell her is how much I love her and value her friendship and how much of an impact she has made, and is still making, on my life. I’m now planning my weekend wondering where I can take her. Her story has made me so acutely aware that life is for living and I want to pass that message on to all of you.
Make the most of the present moment, don’t wait for the future. This minute, right now, you should live to the fullest as that’s what she would want us all to do.
I’ve wanted to write this for ages. Somehow it seems wrong but I don’t know what’s right or wrong in this situation. I can only do what feels right for me at this moment in time.
I had a great sleep but a very restless last few hours. It didn’t feel like a great sleep when I woke, but it really was….
Now this will make you laugh….. I’d heard a good way of getting curly hair was to dry your hair through a colander or a sieve.
It did not work. 😂😂😂 I got the very slightest curl but not what u expected at all. Did make me laugh trying it though and did wash the sieve afterwards. 🤦🏻♀️👩🏻🦱
We were really just at work again today… don’t know where the day went! It’s good to be busy… but I’m really tired today.
It’s a dreich day, very misty and damp. I took a pic of our first daffoildils in the garden… they are not great but I’m proud of them 😂😂
This one looks more like a yellow snow drop!
It’s a smirry rain… that kind that soaks you but I went out anyway as its lovely to connect with nature.
I cooked again tonight. Check me!
Rich & Creamy Cacio E Pepe Butterbeans With Tenderstem Broccoli & Smokey Chipotle Toasted Sunflower Seeds… you so know I copied that don’t you. 😂
It was really lovely and I have some for lunch tomorrow.
The good thing about Planthood meals is that they are much faster to cook than the Green Chef I had last week. I like the 15 minutes rather than 30-40.
Since I don’t have much to say today I also took a photo of all the supplements I am currently taking at the moment.
Most of these are on recommendation but I know the daily vitamins are not the best and could be stronger. I try to take these every day but I do struggle at the weekends outwith my daily routine.
Happy to take any further recommendations! (Just remembered Helen has suggested Tumeric…. Will look into that)
Happy Tuesday night! Oh did anyone know there was a teal heart emoji now?!? I’ve never seen it before?! 🩵🩵🩵
The Rambling Sloth 🦥 