http://www.teeandcee.com/and wandering architects Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On another quiet weekend this month we spent a pleasant Sunday investigating Ian Hamilton-Findlay's Little Sparta garden. On a par with Charles Jencks Garden of Cosmic Speculation in terms of influence in the landscape art world it is on a much smaller more intimate scale and while it has intriging ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/516 A quiet Sunday afternnon drive on a rare sunny day took us into Ayrshire for a quick spin. We were heading for the Graffiti Project but baulked at the steep entrance charge (we'll go back in winter when its free!) We then stopped at Fairlie (former home of Fyfe yachts) ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/514 We are in the middle of a busy 6 weeks, and currently are broadbandless at home (not such a bad thing for a household that spends 8 hours a day in front of a screen anyway) so I've been a bit lax with the updating. Reaching back into the end of ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/513 Late in June Chhay & I spent a night camping with the mountain goats in the highlands at Kinlochleven near Ben Nevis. We managed three munroes in a fairly arduous 18 k walk up in the Mamores - some spectacular views towards Glencoe and Ben Nevis although the steepness of ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/512 I enjoyed my first office outing with my new employers last weekend (not bad after 5 weeks given that we didn't go anywhere in 18 months at my previous office!) to our newly completed visitors centre at Culloden. Not knowing anything about the battle it was interesting from a historical ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/511 For the second part of our Italian adventure we headed to a small island off the coast of Naples to pick up a charter yacht for a weeks sailing. Our aim was to sail to the Amalfi coast and explore the islands in the bay of Naples - Ischia, Capri ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/509 ouch! under 50 minutes though, so I'm not as unfit as I thought. http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/510 With the younger harland venturing offshore for the first time we caught up with him in Rome earlier this month, replacing a conference about the intricacies of radar with some more somnolent pursuits.We managed to actually enter very few of the main attractions, with the exception of the coleseum (below) ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/508 Added a couple more to my measly total of Munros last weekend , with a walk with my new office's climbing club. After a grey start it turned into a glorious day - making hillwalking seem almost fun. We climbed Ben Starav via the spectacular ridge path (above), with a bit ... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/507 Today is my last day with jmarchitects - I start with gareth hoskins architects on Monday - lets see if the grass really is greener on the other side... http://www.teeandcee.com/and/archives/506