Rhubarb and ginger jam

The jam making season is upon us again, and the first one of the season is rhubarb and ginger.

If you'd like to have a go the recipe we use is now on our web site.

Pottery House Web Site: Rhubarb & Ginger Jam

Climbing Dun Dearduil

Went for a walk/climb with friends to the top of Dun Dearduil yesterday. A nice dry day here but some flashes of lightening in the distance.






Loch Ness across to Urquhart Castle
















Down Loch Ness towards Fort Augustus













On top of Dun Dearduil
















Down Loch Ness towards Fort Augustus

Dores Inn has lifejackets on the menu

The Dores Inn hosted a sea safety day with Loch Ness RNLI this weekend.

Dores beach was filled with spectators as the volunteers from Loch Ness RNLI carried out a simulated rescue and delivered a Sea Safety and Lifejacket awareness message.

There's more details on the Loch Ness RNLI web site

Aqualega Success

We have many aqualega in the garden that come up every year, but they are mostly purple and white varieties so I wanted to grow something a bit more exotic.

So I grew Aqualega from seed last year, kept them in pots over the winter and planted them out this year. They've just started to flower, they are amazingly colourful.

Highlands Hotter Than Rhodes Today

Just seen the BBC weather forecast and it said that the Highlands was the warmest place in the UK today. In fact it was warmer than places like Rhodes and The Canaries. It has been a beautiful day.|

Splash The Goldfish Joins the Pottery House Team

If you've stayed at Pottery House, especially if you are a tea drinker you're probably aware of our unusual teapot collection.

There are buses, post boxes, telephone boxes, teddy bears, snowmen, teapots with legs, a millenium teapot and even a house brick.

The latest addition to the Pottery House collection is "Splash The Goldfish"!!!!

Plum Jam 2009

Ok, it's not ready just yet.

However if you stayed at Pottery House between now and last October you've probably enjoyed some of our home made plum jam, but did you realise the plums came from the garden.

We have one tree, but last year we had so much fruit from it that we made pies, crumbles, jam and even two gallons of wine.

At the moment the tree is covered in beautiful white blossoms, so here's hoping for a bumper crop again this year.

New Chicken Coop Roof

For some time now we've been aware that the roof of the chicken coop was getting old and leaking a bit. Then over recent weeks it has started to colapse.

So we've been waiting for some good weather so we could get out there and replace it. Over the Easter weekend the sun has been shining, so yesterday we stripped the old roof away, reinforced the frame and put a new roof on.

Today we felted the roof to make sure it's water-proof.

And it looks great. Hope the chickens appreciate all the hard work.