tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post6658481248637371684..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Gold Fever. West Lothian Triangle. Part One.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-36385699989479443112019-06-07T12:54:51.002+01:002019-06-07T12:54:51.002+01:00Always stunning to see those huge swathes of yello...Always stunning to see those huge swathes of yellow across the countryside - we have loads down here in HerefordshireAndyhttp://surfnslide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-54655325878155922162019-05-28T16:37:31.592+01:002019-05-28T16:37:31.592+01:00Hi Carol,
when I used to backpack regularly, ever...Hi Carol,<br /> when I used to backpack regularly, every summer, across Europe's mountain ranges it was something of a miracle if you stayed untroubled for the entire holiday, bum or stomach wise. On the odd occasion we went in for a meal the meat was often cooked rare( half cooked to my tastes) fish had whole cloves of garlic stuffed inside and we were also drinking out of mountain streams in remote areas though we had purification tablets every time- essential due to the vultures and water quality in hot countries. Scotland is very lucky that way with abundant fresh water in the mountain districts, year round.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-67684015076302548792019-05-28T16:26:22.709+01:002019-05-28T16:26:22.709+01:00Hi Rosemary,
yes, I see more Belted Galloways outs...Hi Rosemary,<br />yes, I see more Belted Galloways outside of Galloway now than in it, very popular breed. Pigs amaze me as well. Skin and bone snouts yet you would think they were using metal shovels the way they can clear head high bushes and bracken into clean bare fields without seeming to injure themselves, even shifting large bounders.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-23709802893848928762019-05-28T15:55:09.453+01:002019-05-28T15:55:09.453+01:00I get fed up of chefs putting garlic in absolutely...I get fed up of chefs putting garlic in absolutely everything (although I do like it in moderation and it doesn't disagree with me) - it's just overkill. When I see a recipe with garlic in, I just miss that bit out. It's just gratuitous!Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-24846047820601130182019-05-27T09:34:24.910+01:002019-05-27T09:34:24.910+01:00That landscape really does resemble a cloth of gol...That landscape really does resemble a cloth of gold - I prefer to use rapeseed oil in preference to olive oil these days and of course it also means that we are supporting our own produce too.<br />We have Belted Galloways on our Common which the NT use to keep the scrub down from the sides of the hills which they do well with their stocky short legs.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-67012805852751968742019-05-27T00:45:37.410+01:002019-05-27T00:45:37.410+01:00Hi Carol,
I have to use sunflower oil as R.S.O. do...Hi Carol,<br />I have to use sunflower oil as R.S.O. doesn't agree with me. Likewise garlic as walking in France I used to feel sick until I realised it was because everything is stuffed with garlic there. I can take small amounts of it but not the quantities they pack in over there.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-6437223325930990652019-05-26T21:55:15.424+01:002019-05-26T21:55:15.424+01:00I always buy rapeseed oil for cooking nowadays as ...I always buy rapeseed oil for cooking nowadays as it's British (still buy olive oil for salads and so on though for the taste). No idea why they call ramsons 'wild garlic' as, in my opinion, they neither smell nor taste of garlic - they're almost exactly like spring onions!Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-32429612177320423852019-05-26T12:42:16.118+01:002019-05-26T12:42:16.118+01:00Thank you. Same here with you Anabel for city post...Thank you. Same here with you Anabel for city posts... which is good because we don't overlap or cover the same subjects. You would like the walk up Cockleroy (car park at base) which is an easy short ascent... Cairnpapple Hill (lay-by underneath) easy and short again... and The Korean War Memorial is interesting(car park, short uphill circular.) All have paths and fine views from the summits. Linlithgow and the circular walk around the loch there is also an easy cracker. Only an hours drive away as well- follow M8 then off at J 4 past Whitburn.<br />Just as well Islay trip was not this week- weather forecast is dire. Great island but not much shelter if walking. Very windswept in the rain I remember.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-11146387933755565862019-05-25T19:52:24.576+01:002019-05-25T19:52:24.576+01:00Amazing spread of colours! I don’t know that area ...Amazing spread of colours! I don’t know that area well at all - I always seem to be saying that to you. We’re just back from Islay. It was glorious last week.Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.com