Cottage Diary - Aspenwood self catering luxury Holiday Cottage overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.

Maisie, one of our Loch Ness Monsters, very kindly brought me a gift and dropped it at my feet. Luckily I was sitting outside on the bench at the time. The vole was a bit stunned but perfectly alright and not a mark on it. Having proudly delivered the gift Maisie left us alone and the vole eventually ran off into the shrubs to live another day. When Maisie was quite young she came up the driveway one morning carrying a mole which was nearly as big as her. This must have been quite difficult to catch as they are normally underground and never seen. The thrill for the cats is always in the chase and, once caught and delivered, they show no interest whatsoever in the prey which is very lucky for the creature concerned. Life is hard!