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Tag Archives: scotland
This week in Sutherland
Here we go… my cooking adventures for the season have begun! And Sutherland is no bad place to start. Admittedly it is some distance from Dumfries and Galloway but when it comes to dramatic scenery, wildlife and stunning surroundings it … Continue reading
Ecclefechan Tart
There’s a little town about 25 miles from me that is associated with a rather delicious tart. The town is Ecclefechan (pronounced Ekkle-FECKan) and in many ways it is really very unremarkable as a town, yet they seem to have … Continue reading
My very own highlands holiday!
Driving up the A9 last week was a very exciting affair! I’m familiar with the road and as we drove higher up I began to point out the estates and lodges that I’d cooked at, telling anecdotes about each one … Continue reading
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Tagged deer, eating out, food, golden eagle, highlands, holiday, hotel, scotland, staycation, travel, wildplaces
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Criffel Fire
I thought this was worthy of a post although it doesn’t follow my usual themes… Yesterday at about midday a small group of people who were heather burning on Criffel ( a large hill just south of Dumfries ) lit … Continue reading
My new “garden guests”
This morning I filled the birdys nuts. Since we moved to the new house we’ve had the usual visitors, robins, blackbirds, chaffinch, blue tits, great tits and dunnocks, yesterday we had our first woodpecker, (I was so excited and he … Continue reading
Cooking In The Highlands
What interesting weather we’ve been having! Snow, wind, rain, hail all in one week. Yet I can’t help being thankful that this year it all seems to have happened during a week that I was at home. Last year I … Continue reading
Dunoon
Occasionally I am asked to do corporate work. Generally speaking it’s not my favourite, at a corporate event people are a lot less happy than they are with their families and even if they are friendly charming people in their … Continue reading
Good morning Ullapool
It’s the thrid time I’ve come up to cook in Ullapool, it’s a lovely tranquil place, at least, it was in May. Now, being August, the holiday season has definitely arrived. Yet the town is not teeming with irritating, lost … Continue reading
Eilean Donan Castle and the albino foxgloves
I was last in this area of the world in May and returned again to do a little cooking over the weekend for an exceptionally friendly group. I went again to the castle. It looked very different this time around. … Continue reading
The River Beauly and the Scottish Wild Salmon
This week I’m in Beauly, a lovely little Scottish town just North of Inverness. The lodge this week is pretty remote, and along a salmon-y section of the river Beauly, unsurprisingly the guests are all here to catch as many … Continue reading
Letters From A Lodge Cook 