Barbours and mufflers for walks on the beach, our household will not allow you out without ensuring you will be as warm as toast in any bluster. More than 20 different varieties of Daffodil fill the borders and line the drive. To the Bothie on the shores of Loch Killimster for a barbecue like no other. The first of this season's trout stirring with the arrival of spring.

April

Clear skies and the last nip in the air. Spring is in full swing, flowering current bushes, bluebells and whitebells abundant in the Walled Garden. The new seasons Turbot is high on cheffie's shopping list. The end of the curling season.

May

Everyone is happy in May, find the early puffins and black throated divers. The ferry from John O'Groats to Orkney starts the season and May Day House Party guests revel in the company of friends old & new as they picnic on the foreshore. Stephen is tending the lawns & borders ablaze with colour, will the asparagus be plentiful this year?