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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Déjà vu

9 April 2025

The same jobs every year – the routine of opening Powdermills Bed & Breakfast has started.  Season 7 is less prolific than Friends, but we’ve lasted longer than Fawlty Towers.  The process doesn’t feel tedious but rather cathartic, like I’m emerging from hibernation—five months of sleeping and recuperating.  I wish.  When my dad retired, he […]

Sue and Johnny – Everything and Anything – Season 3 Episode 1

31 March 2025

Valentina Franceschi

29 March 2025

How can I write an appreciation for the life of my friend Valentina Franceschi when we never met? I suppose it is symptomatic of life post-COVID.  A visual bond of no more than a face and shoulders connected through the screen.  This medium is euphemistically called ‘progress’ because of convenience and speed of access.  Friendship […]

The Circle of Life

14 February 2025

There is a bench at the top of what we call Lillia’s Way at Powdermills.  The steep incline was named after our boxer dog, Lillia, who walked with Sue and me the day we moved to Argyll.  She was nine years old and struggled but was determined to accompany us while we enjoyed the view […]

Sue and Johnny – Everything and Anything – Episode 7

31 May 2024