What a year On 19 August, Simon and I celebrated our first full year of living here in Dalavich. I had imagined marking the occasion in some significant way. Perhaps we would open a bottle, cook something special or sit outside looking across the loch and reflect on everything that had happened. Instead, the day passed almost without comment. We had family staying, the diary was full of orders and my to-do list seemed to grow longer every time I looked at it. It was only when
