Well at last the geraniums have come out! what an awful summer - we keep waiting for it to happen and now it's nearly September. I judge a Carradale summer by the number of times I swim - record is 18. this year it's 1 (lowest ever) and I nearly died of hypothermia. The poor old flowering barrels have had an awful time, struggling away, but now at last they are looking very pretty. Met some friends from the south last week and they were appalled that my tomatoes are still green!

Still plenty of people coming to the cottages - September used to be a quiet month but not so now. Perhaps you're all trying to save a wee bit of money, I know we are. But at the moment Colin's is free towards the end of the month. September, if the weather is reasonable, is one of the lovliest months here with the rowans and heather and lovely lights.

Don't forget how flexible we are - any days booking as long as it's not less than 3, and 25% off last minute bookings.