I know John has been dreading seeing his name appear here but he has no need to worry. For those of you who come to Blackaddie regularly you’ll have found it difficult keeping up with the comings and goings of our Restaurant Managers, I know I have. To date none have lasted that long, I’m [...]
Since I posted the last blog entry a couple of days ago Pandora, I’m pleased to say, has perked up. She is much more lively than she’s been for ages now so fingers crossed. (Willie’s much happier too!)
It’s a very sad day today, Pandora, Willies (our gardener) cat is not at all well. Jane took her to the vets this morning and the outcome was not good, she does not have too long left it seems.
She’s had a pertty good innings though, well over 20 years old but we’re not sure [...]
The second wedding of the summer last weekend went really well, it too was only very small but they (and we) enjoyed it. The weather was again superb.
Rain was forecast for yesterday but it never came, it drizzled most of the day but never enough to get the ground wet. It’s forecast for tonight [...]
Well our first wedding of the summer was a great success everyone very happy and all vowing to return. It was only small as we are not really geared for large numbers, and small weddings are so much more intimate. The groom organised a falconer to come with a variety of birds which we hosted [...]
We had the most fantastic letter from a customer yesterday and not only that but he also forwarded to us the letters he had written to all of the major guides too. It gives the staff a real boost when we get thank you letters like that through and it is so helpful to the [...]
We were recently listed as in the top three for the award of Best Scottish Restaurant in the Good Food Guide, sadly we didn’t win but there’s always next year. Mind you to be one of three is an achievement in itself, thank you to all those that have written in about us we really [...]
The vegetable garden is coming on a treat, mind you it would do a lot better if it wasn’t for the pesky rabbits! They’re into eating everything at the moment. I’ve been out and bought some chicken wire and started fencing everything in but they can eat faster than I can fence, I may have [...]
I’ve started a vegetable garden, something I wanted to do last year but never got around to though. Two weeks ago I planted some herbs, the normal sort of stuff, two types of parsley, chives, bronze fennel, thyme and sage. I’ve now sown carrots, radishes and two types of beetroot. On Friday night I planted [...]
Thanks to the weather forecasts on the news for the last few days nobody seems to be bothering with booking to come to Scotland – afterall we’re supposedly under inches of the white stuff so who can blame them?
Well not here we’re not, yes it came, it snowed from the wee hours right through the [...]