Conquering Schiehallion

Conquering Schiehallion

Schiehallion is the shortest (only 1,083 m / 3,553 ft) of all the Scottish mountains/munros and can be found in Perth & Kinross. On 5th June 2013 after being house/bedbound (when if I managed to walk up my stairs it felt like walking up a mountain) for over 6...
Growing Strawberries

Growing Strawberries

Growing Strawberries The first few years of living in Portugal I did not do very well at growing strawberries.  There were not very many and it was not a very long season.  Now there are masses of them, every day, every year, and the last few years the season has...