Every day is different here on the Rhu, but common threads running through it all are that I spend the vast majority of my time outdoors, with dirty hands, wet feet, or both. There’s plenty of hard work to do right here on site – running a campsite, learning and tending a wild garden, but also time to squeeze in trips out and little romantic adventures.
Here’s another photo diary with some highlights of the past two weeks…
We camped out a couple of nights, right on the headland, in Pam’s bell tent. Talking out feelings beside a fire, then sleeping under canvas and waking to a sea-view dawn was just magical.
With the gang, having our first proper Monday Morning Meeting…
Em and I took a trip over the sea to Knoydart, where we got naked and looked back across the Sound of Sleat to the Rhu, a tiny dot.
I’ve been loving the Woodland Walk, new secret treasures reveal themselves each time I wander those winding paths, and the honeysuckle that covers everything is beginning to leaf.
In the garden and on the rocks, everything is coming to life – comfrey flowering, and thrift, among many other things..
Time to plant seeds…
We had our first visitors! Em’s mum and her partner made the long journey and were rewarded with a freezing paddle.
Gathering nettles for soup, tea and cordial…
Squeezing in a little of that pesky life-admin…
But mostly, just out in the garden.
And every day, we walk from the Meadow, around the rocky shore of the whole peninsula, marvelling at the ever-changing colours of the sea.
(And if you missed it, here’s the first photo-diary, shortly after we arrived.)
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Amazing! Thanks for the updates. It looks magical.
Gorgeous and grin-inducing post! Thanks, Beth! It’s motivating me to get hard at work at my own creative projects today, <3.
Congrats on taking a big risk, you’re doing something that I always wanted to do but never got around to doing. Needless to say I’m suffering a bit of envy. Have a wonderfull time and live and learn lots. Oh and keep flashing the flesh, it’s bound to be good for you.
Hehe, I will every chance I get. Thanks Diane 😉 Re the ‘risk’ thing…for me, I think staying where I was before was a bigger risk than changing everything, even though the latter feels like a much bigger deal.
“I spend the vast majority of my time outdoors, with dirty hands, wet feet, or both.” What a fantastic life. I love your photos!
Thanks Trish!
Gosh that water looks cold! This from a Canuck, too.
It looks magical, though.
Hehe, it was. Emma is so hardcore she can just go paddling out in it, I last about 20 second max before the pain has me scurrying to shore…
I get so excited every time I see there’s a new post from you – they’re always so lovely 🙂 Your recent adventures have inspired me to start volunteering at a local forest preserve! I didn’t even realize how much I needed more nature in my life until I saw you making the most of it, so thank you for sharing your story <3
Thanks for the photo update! It’s nice to see how you both are settling in there and still exploring the lovely setting. Definitely makes me want to travel. Enjoy all the springtime stuff 🙂