Lazy

September 26, 2007

Fruit & Nut Place, DunveganToday we just didn’t feel like any garden work and decided to leave it for a day. The weather being unpredictable, this wasn’t a bad decision. So, first we went off to Dunvegan for some fresh fruits and vegetables. We generally buy our stuff at the Fruit and Nut Place (see picture), a shed-like building hosting an amazing assortment of fresh fruits, vegetables and things you just can’t get at the supermarket. We found out that - to our knowledge - they’re the only shop selling buckwheat flour, an indispensable ingredient for making “poffertjes” (small Dutch pan cackes, eaten with butter and icing sugar).

Next we headed to Struan. We decided not to build the chicken hutch ourselves but in stead buy it ready-made from Mr. MacDonald whom we buy the hens off. As we still have no shed, I otherwise had to make the hen hutch outside. With the weather being so unpredictable, we decided to choose the easy way.

While driving back from Struan, we now noticed that the earlier mentioned Ben Aketil wind farm is quite visible from large parts of the B884, the road which runs from Dunvegan past our house to Glendale and beyond. We drove up to Osdale Farmhouse to check out the views from there and were quite astonished by the fact that the two turbines (of a total of ten) are so clearly visible.

On this picture you see the turbines in the distance (right of the middle). The road in front is the B884 running from Dunvegan to Glendale and past our house.

Ben Aketil wind farm

Posted by roger | Filed Under Blog, Local, Trips 

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One Response to “Lazy”

  1. Claartje on September 27th, 2007 0:00

    Echt een geweldig winkeltje die Fruit & Nut shop: een enorm assortiment groente en fruit, verschillende soorten die ik nog nooit gezien had! Ook fijn: ze verkopen ook zoveel mogelijk lokale produkten. Daarnaast de meest vreemde buitenlandse kruiden, homeopatische pillen, theeën, gedroogde peulvruchten, henna om je haar te verven en ook gewoon melk en eieren: ideaal!
    (PS. Mijn haar is nog niet rood hoor.)

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