When Nick bought the Scottish Highland croft in 2021 we knew the old house was in a terrible state of repair. However, we had successfully finished our Seaview home and felt confident we could take on another project. We used my inheritance to buy the croft , you can...
To get context and knowledge about Muie Croft before starting on any development, we read a book from Golspie Library called Rogart, The Story of a Sutherland Crofting Parish by John Macdonald. It is a book of verbal social history put to paper on the history of...
My favourite subject at school, the one I got the highest marks in - Geography. My favourite topic at A'level was physical geography and within that glaciers. Its weird what we get drawn to, I have no notion why, and never reflected on it. I grew up on the Isle of...
In my fiftieth year, 2020, The Timberlakes who I first got to know in Bulawayo recommended I read Rewilding by Isabella Tree. Nick and I were aware of Knepp Estate, we had seen pictures of Charlie from when they started on his grand family estate, and we both thought...
Nick and I used to watch Ben Fogle flying all over the world to these remote spots for his TV Programme New Lives in the Wild. I used to feel so smug: Off Grid - tick ; Remote location - tick; Wild animals on our doorstep - tick; Challenging environment - tick; Peace...