MABEL’S BLOG

MABEL’S BLOG

We love dogs and we are very happy to welcome friendly adult dogs and their owners.

Powdermills Bed and Breakfast in Inveraray is ideal for dogs. It has slate floors with rugs and direct access out into our secure 10-acre garden. We have established routes around the grounds that are perfect for an early morning or early evening walk with your dog.

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Nessie, to Planet Amox, Infinity and Beyond

15 June 2023

Valentina Franceschi readily admits that she never cared much for writing.  She steered clear of literature, especially heavy and pessimistic Italian prose.              ‘I love algebra, geometry, and chemistry,’ she says on Sue and Johnny – Everything and Anything, episode 20, which is out today. Valentina explains that it’s the way her mind works.  She’s […]

Speakers’ Corner – An Oasis for Owls

14 June 2023

A year ago in June, a guest staying with us took a wonderful video at the main Powdermill building of a young owl sitting in a tree and looking like it was learning to fly.  Owls are so lovely and unique among birds in having eyes that face forward like ours.  They are raptors, belonging […]

Sue and Johnny – Everything and Anything – Episode 20

14 June 2023

John Rebus’s Edinburgh

14 June 2023

I’ve learned much in the first two years of the UHI Creative Writing degree.  As you’d expect, creativity has been emphasised in bringing innovation and ideas out.  Suggestions of starting journals or joining writing groups that use prompts to write about everything and anything – excuse the podcast title coincidence.  It’s all good, but ideas, […]

No Toasting for the Rechabites

7 June 2023

We again had Duncan Beaton, Furnace’s resident historian, on Sue & Johnny Everything and Anything this week.  Duncan regaled and entertained us with his knowledge of Furnace’s history from its origin in the thirteenth century to the present day.  Furnace now has a community pub in the village hall, so we’ve always assumed there has […]