Collaboration in Wales

"No, no, turn that piece the other way to pave my path, farmboy!"

Whitney and Adam piece together these Welsh bricks and stones while the sheep on yonder hillside chew wet grass.  

Scotland

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Sweet Days in Strontian

All washed up! Finally, a good use for that blasted thistle, use it to bitter beer.

Free time to forage and it's chanterelle season. Brilliant! Chanterelles for breakfast lunch and dinner. We made omlettes with them tonight, with herbed goat cheese....quite tasty.

The view at Sunset from our luxurious camp site, house sitting site, Longrig Manse. This picture was taken at about 8:45 pm. It's after 9 now and it's still light out. It feels good to have days this long.

Robert and Justine's mushroom farm, strotian, scotland

baby shitake mushrooms growing from a block.

Whit taking a deep breath of Scotish air. This is the view from the mushroom packing house.




Adam, loading mushroom cakes into a bath to promote a second flush. A day in the water, then into the polytunnel's humidity, and boom, the shitakes pop again.

whose cutier?

A Fort William night

The bus rolled into Ft. William late in the afternoon and rain was falling. We dragged our packs into the Morrison's supermarket, ate lunch and waited the rain out. Then we scouted out camping spots and decided to hike up the valley to Ben Nevis and camp along the river. We found a splendid spot next to some wild raspberries and mushrooms and had our first night of peacefull camping. Adam sliced a hole in the bottom of the tent with his razor knife while dismembering his holey shoes to harvest leather for patches. Too bad the leather couldn't be used to patch the hole. We found a sticky patch at the local camp store the next morning.

we go to glasgow

a quick stop for 2 nights in glasgow, scotland. couchsurfing with abi and her two girls. there was never a dull moment. we traversed the town with the girls and found a great cafe/bar called mono. it served all vegan food and they had music performances, kelpie beer and a record shop. while waiting for the bus, a disgruntle glasgowian was kicked off the bus and preceded to kick in the door window. quite a scene but reminiscent of home. Abi builds community gardens with people and local school children in deprived neighborhoods. During our walks, we discovered a really nice farmers market: no repeats, each stand had its own specialty.