Still standing, despite the midges
Great visit to Skye. A little moody weather, but lots of good stuff showing Skye at its best. Travelled the length and breadth of the island looking at local food, to find:
and
Shitake mushrooms, carefully cultivated on birch logs.
The ingenuity and persistence of food producers in the adverse circumstances- climate, distance to market for example- knows no bounds.
Off now to Blairgowrie in Perthshire to help out at the inaugural Rattray Art Festival, instigated by a dear friend of mine, who has decided we must celebrate the opening of the exhibition with Pimms, Pies and of course Paintings.
My kind of friend.
Also to the Lairg Crofters’ Show on Saturday. Tell me what you’re all up to.
Am I seeing things??? Are my eyes deceiving me?? Or are grapes really growing on Skye???
Hope you a had a great time in Blair—-my childhood hero my uncle K,fell in love with/married a fantastic girl(at this time in my eyes not—(jealous teen) called K.B who lived with her parents ans sister at Bridge of Cally(love u K) some time later my mum and step dad seperated we went to live on Cronan farm just outside coupar angu,I had to go Blair to take my (in these bygone days “o-levels) Even though I have’nt lived in scotland since 1976 some places I could take people blindefolded. Do me a favour -ask your friends in Blair if the “Edleviess” in Kirkmikael still exists
xxxxx
“uncle K and auntie K”(no i don’t call them aunt and uncle anymore–he’s 10 years older than me and she 6)tell me to tell you to have a great time and hope the local chipie in the main street still sells such lovely fish—mouth is watering
My grapes are ripening beautifully in the autumn sunshine, here in the English Lakes.
I enjoy reading your journal because your topics interest me so much. Anything to do with nature, food or archaeology is ‘right up my street’.
A Pimms would have been too, a few years ago. Not not I am diabetic. Sigh!
Enjoy yourself and have one, or two, for me. lol
Jeanie