Last month we had a drive out on a single track road between Kenmore and the A822 which goes from Aberfeldy to Crieff. It’s a very scenic road with passing places but we only met one other car so no problems. Problems only happen when you meet someone else and they can’t drive on these sort of roads.

We squeezed one last BBQ in before the weather changed which was nice. It’s been a good season for the BBQ. I have lost Count but I think about 20+ so we are happy with that. The BBQ lives on as I have passed it on so hopefully someone else will enjoy it next year.

The site is still flowering with different colours, the leaves are changing colour and the bracken is going a lovely rusty colour which looks so nice with the green and blue skies when we get those of course. And of course the leaves are starting to fall.

The fungi on site are not as good as last year for some reason, I expect the different weather conditions but every now and then one shows up which is spectacular in colour and shape. And a very big one I found so had to put my size 8 foot next to it for comparison.

I was chatting to a couple down the far end of the site when I heard the sound of bagpipes. We all looked at each other and enjoyed the sound as I knew where it was coming from.

We had a couple on the top of the site who I had chatted to a couple of days before. I had said how peaceful the site was and you will hear owls at night. He said I will have to get my bagpipes out and I laughed thinking he was joking. He wasn’t. But it sounded great and another couple commented on the sound as they had heard the pipes while they were walking in the woods behind the site.

We had a walk in the village to pick up my prescription and then walked to the falls of Dochart. I scrabbled across the rocks to get some photos while Nikki who is not good at scrabbling across rocks just sat on a rock taking it all in.

The road outside the site is not a huge road so you have to take care when going up and down it. It does however get some big traffic on it including tour coaches, logging lorry’s and of course the local farmers with big bales of hay on at this time of year and then you get the big Lorry’s with the statics on. These have an escort vehicle with them to warn oncoming traffic to get out the way. One came up the road the other day with the police warning other road users.

As the final curtain closes. It’s the end of the season for us and the end of our career with the business we work for. We closed the site last Monday the 8th at midday as the last person left and had the site all to ourselves. All we had to do was pack it all away, so a quick sandwich and get started. Over the next three days we got it all ready to finally put the gates on and lock them.

It’s been a great two seasons at the site and I loved the site with all its wildlife etc. I would have loved to do more at the site but I didn’t have the hours or budget. We are proud of what we achieved while being there and the lovely comments from the guests proved we had got things right.

We are leaving the business we work for now for various reasons which I won’t bore you with here.

So from today Friday 12 September 2025 we are unemployed and living in a tin can. But we are happy. The next chapter is about to start.

My last photos of the site in all its peacefulness two mornings ago at 7am as the sun was coming up through the trees. Happy memories.