Author Topic: What are your plans for the long dark nights?  (Read 7037 times)

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« on: July 01, 2015, 09:02:10 am »
Now we're past the Solstice and the nights are fair drawing in  :innocent: , what plans are you formulating for filling the long dark winter nights?

I'd like to learn Gaelic.

Castle Farm

  • Joined Nov 2008
  • Hereford/Powys Border. near Hay-on-Wye
    • castlefarmeggs
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2015, 09:24:20 am »
This winter I hope to take a degree course in astro physics.
Traditional Utility Breed Hatching Eggs sent next day delivery. Pure bred Llyen Sheep.
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devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2015, 09:51:41 am »
Am hoarding books!!

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2015, 10:23:45 am »
Never short of things to do. Spinning, knitting, weaving, tapestry, rag rug making, felting, learning the guitar and anything else I can fit in
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

marka

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Moray, NE Scotland
  • www.facebook.com/WellsideCroft
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Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2015, 01:39:05 pm »
Sleep!
Castlemilk Moorit sheep and Belted Galloway cattle, plus other hangers on.

pgkevet

  • Joined Jul 2011
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2015, 04:10:53 pm »
Last winter i studied to become a sex maniac but sadly failed the practical. This winter i shall work on my plans for world domination instead

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2015, 04:47:52 pm »
This winter I am launching a soup kitchen at my church,

I don't envisage much spare time, but what time I do  have will be spent building bee hives...

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2015, 08:38:47 pm »
Trying to sort out the paperwork for 3 organisations that I have let get on top of me  :'( :'(
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Carse Goodlifers

  • Joined Oct 2013
  • Perthshire
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2015, 09:24:51 pm »
Now we're past the Solstice and the nights are fair drawing in  :innocent: , what plans are you formulating for filling the long dark winter nights?
Rosemary.....Really? ??? :o  Talking of winter already?

It will be back to the curling for myself.
But I'm hoping to start dabbling with some stick making now I have someplace to do it - my new shed  :excited:

......I'd like to learn Gaelic.
Me too and following our chat last week a new website has been launched by Outlander actor Gary Lewis - http://learngaelic.scot/

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2015, 09:29:14 pm »
I'm not even thinking any further than this lovely heat which makes me feel so much better and in less pain. I used to hate it but now I love it. It was only 27C here though.

mojocafa

  • Joined Sep 2012
  • Angus
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2015, 07:27:21 am »
10 degrees warmer than me MGOM
pygmy goats, gsd, border collie, scots dumpys, cochins, araucanas, shetland ducks and geese,  marrans, and pea fowl in a pear tree.

Herdygirl

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2015, 08:05:15 am »
This autumn/winter I shall be beginning my final year on a History degree course, so lots to research and write!  :'(

Thyme

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Machynlleth, Powys
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2015, 09:37:46 am »
Learn more Welsh (coming along but still a long way to go).

Learn how to do my own taxes.

Process some fleece into something worth knitting.
Shetland sheep, Copper Marans chickens, Miniature Silver Appleyard ducks, and ginger cats.

Beeducked

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2015, 07:21:00 pm »
Sleep.
Knit.
Obsess over seed catalogues.
Read (anything and everything).
Make cheese. I know this sounds like more of a summer thing but have found that my cheese making seems better in the winter. The milk is much richer so makes a bigger cheese for the volume of milk, I have more time and am not trying to preserve everything else from the garden and the temp in the kitchen is much better. Still doing it now but it is more fun in the winter, feels like the place is still producing.


Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: What are your plans for the long dark nights?
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2015, 09:27:53 pm »
We find in winter there's more stuff to do around the smallholding, in far worse conditions, so if anything we have less leisure time.
I expect I'll still be processing this year's clip......... :spin:
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