Hello and Welcome to my first post from Beggshill Bothy.

I thought I'd use this first post to set the scene. The beggshill bothy is a small one bedroom bothy hidden from the world in a wee quiet glen in the North East of Scotland, about 35 miles from Aberdeen. When I say quiet, I mean no human noise. On a busy day we might get 5 cars down the road. And there is very little light pollution. We can see a street light. Singular. But you have to know where to look. On clear winters night, I'm always amazed to look up and see so many stars. And if you are very lucky, you might even see the northern lights.

My name is Pete and I live in the farm house adjacent to the bothy with my wife Susi, two cats, Sylvetser and Benj and one lonely fish. Outside we have an Appaloosa and two Shetlands. The first is a horse and the second two are ponys.

We've got about 2 acres of land, on which is the house, bothy, a long barn and my poly tunnel. The poly tunnel is a source of constant anguish to me. Last year it was a disaster, but this year is going to be better. But didn't I say that last year?

That's enough from me this evening. I'll try and post this and see what happens.

Pete
28/05/2007