February in Milton

      It’s that time of year when summer is still weaving its peculiar magic. The holiday rush has abated and the kids have been packed off to school again. Somehow, things slowly begin slotting into place as the world passes by in a dozey, in-between daze, and summer manages to bedazzle us with…

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A WWOOFer’s life at Laikenbuie Croft

Scotland just keeps getting better…and (unfortunately) colder. Winter is definitely coming. After a fortnight at Laidlawstiel House, I travelled onwards and upwards to Laikenbuie, to continue my WWOOFing odyssey with the Muskus family. I’ve now spent a month at Laikenbuie, a 140 acre croft in the Scottish highlands near Nairn and the Moray Firth. If…

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