I’m extremely lucky to have made my home in a very beautiful country.

Scotland.

At the moment we’re discovering another wonderful side to it. The eastern shores of Loch Lomond.

Beautiful woodland and hillside walks. Native woodland too, which sadly isn’t the case in many parts of Scotland where the ubiquitous deserts of Sitka spruce, earns a few squids for various anonymous landowners. I’ve had a few refreshing swims in the loch. It’s not that cold, honest. And of course those beautiful midges, which feed all sorts of wildlife. So we can forgive them for feeding on me. (But not my wife…she’s immune, the lucky Redhead!)

Today we’re going to be climbing a munro, Ben Lomond. And then back home tomorrow, after a wee coffee with a fellow Homesinger Dave Arcari, who lives very close to our tent, it turns out. LOL.

Life feels good right now. And you’ve got to enjoy it when it’s good.