A squirrel on a Scots pine

A grey squirrel decided to take up a vantage point in one of our Scots pines.

What a view

Admiring the view with a coffee on the bench in front of our new home on beautiful Saturday afternoon.

Wow! What a sunset

Tonight’s sunset is simply stunning.

This is what makes living on the North Ayrshire coast so special.

The PS Waverley sailing by

There’s always something magical to see the last seagoing paddle steamer, the PS Waverley, sailing by.

Scots pines at Loch Katrine

For a change, we decided to take a scenic drive through the Trossachs and up to Loch Katrine for a an afternoon wander along the loch shores.

Loch Katrine turned out to be extremely quiet, with only a handful of cars from walkers parked in the massive car park. Unlike to usual hustle and bustle with busloads of tourists, the firmly shut tourist shops, cafe’s and boats looking more like a recently abandoned ghost town than a tourist hot spot.

We wandered out and back along the slightly uninspiring tarmac road along the North shore of the loch on what turned out to be a very bleak day. The Scots pines on the South shore and the winter colours of steep slopes of Ben Venue providing some interest.