It’s the beginning of September, and we have guests at Eight Askernish who are having to stay an extra night. The ferry across the Sound of Barra has been cancelled for the whole of today, and will be ‘on alert’ tomorrow.  It’s lucky for them that we have a couple of days free before the next guests arrive !  If it concerns the Hebrides, a Plan B is mandatory. The real question is, do you have a Plan C ?

My new body is a Canon EOS 70D SLR.  It’s not new – it’s 4-5 years old, and a ‘hand-me-up’ from our daughter Becky, who has moved on to the latest mirrorless Canon. I’ve been getting to know it over the past fortnight or so, and I can confidently say that it’s better than any camera I’ve had befor.

All of you with little children … Richard Jefferies

After many months of shifting thoughts on the question, we’ve decided to relegate our blog from the front page of The Big Garden website to, well, just a page.  We’ll be posting much less often.