“Plenty herring, plenty meal/Plenty peat to fill her creel/ Plenty bonny bairns as weel/ That’s the toast for Mairi.” Lewis Bridal Song

“Plenty herring, plenty meal/Plenty peat to fill her creel/ Plenty bonny bairns as weel/ That’s the toast for Mairi.” Lewis Bridal Song

(Following my feature in ‘The Sunday Post’) Homage to Oor Wullie, bucket of peat. 
Tonight the first peat fire of the autumn is purring like a contented cat in my hearth #IntoThePeatlands @ BirlinnBooks 
Join me and a few friends for a moorland journey #IntoThePeatlands on #ByresRoad 7:30 pm tomorrow @waterstonesBYR @BirlinnBooks
The mellow fruitfulness of the moss. 
Curlews over peatbank… for @GallowayGrouse 
Haymarket Station, Edinburgh. 
Today I had a lovely chat with Katherine who bought a copy of my book #IntoThePeatlands published by @BirlinnBooks She is studying Peruvian peatlands. On Flanders Moss earlier in the year I met these alpacas out for a walk.
The peat spade’s blade maps its own journey across the bank. Find out more 6:30pm on Wednesday @StanfordsTravel #IntoThePeatlands @BirlinnBooks
