How exciting this week to see beautiful Glenfinnan featured on the Culture Show on BBC2.  The programme is not usually my bag, however I hung on through 40 minutes of heavy duty high brow stuff to watch Sue Perkins (the comedienne who won BBC's Maestro competition) visit the sights of the village and to talk Opera.


The feature was regarding the annual Loch Shiel Spring Festival (http://www.lochshielfestival.com), where musical events are held in unusual locations around the loch, and it was brilliant to see the beautiful church of St Mary and St Finan hosting a hoard of eager kids with angelic voices and very unusual head gear. The opera was Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde and looked pretty impressive.

Sue Perkins was bowled over by the stunning surroundings of Glenfinnan. I only wish she didn't start the feature by being a doom merchant about the Scottish weather. Now, I'm not saying that it never rains in Glenfinnan, but we genuinely seem to have a wee gentle micro-climate going on there.  Anyway while she was there the weather looked stunning and visitors to the cottage this week have had the sun loungers out!