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Welcome to "Man with two dogs" - the family website for dog owners and dog walkers.
This is my countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Courier & Advertiser newspaper.
Archive for August, 2004
High summer
Saturday, August 28th, 2004
BRIGHT SKIES and shining sun were too good to miss, so Macbeth and I took ourselves off to one of the favourite walks up Glen Esk. (more…)
Border Tales
Saturday, August 21st, 2004
TWO DAYS of warm sunshine greeted us when we – The Doyenne and Macbeth, and me thrown in for good measure – visited La D’s sister and her husband in their new home in Westmoreland. I noticed the emphasis is very much on the middle syllable – MORE. (more…)
Purple blooming heather
Saturday, August 14th, 2004
THE PURPLE heather is at its blooming best at this time of year, but there’s been little chance to see it over recent days. As I’m writing this week’s piece the rain is hissing down in stair rods, and there’s only one word for it – dreich. (more…)
Ecological
Saturday, August 7th, 2004
SOMETHING BLUE has been catching my eye every time I turn into the drive of the house. I thought it might have been a field of lupins but I’m learning not to make hasty assumptions, so I ‘phoned to check with Alan Stewart at Stracathro and Careston Farms. (more…)