About Us
Cagaran is a GCCF-registered prefix owned by Heather McRae and Richard Gabb.
We are both 27 and met at Lancaster University, where I was studying Management and Richard was studying Physics. I am originally from Falkirk and my parents still live there, about 15 minutes from our current home. Richard is originally from Loughborough, in the East Midlands, but decided to move North with me when we finished at Uni and I was offered a job in my family's business (GMS Music) in Scotland.
Richard had finished at Uni before me and started running a gardening business: nothing to do with Physics but far more enjoyable, and something that he had been passionate about since he was a child. When I was offered the job in Scotland and we decided to move, Richard had to leave his clients behind in Lancaster. Luckily for us, we met a gent called Eddie, who was retiring from his gardening business and looking for someone to look after his clients. Richard and he got on straight away and Richard took over the business in 2007. Eddie and Richard and still friends today, and Richard now has a loyal client base across the Falkirk area from Bo'ness in the East to Bonnybridge in the West. His business is called Ochilview Garden Services.
We were more inclined to be 'dog people' before our first cat, Tiger moved in with us in Lancaster (we didn't really get a choice in the matter). Until that point, I thought that cats were like the two Siamese in the Disney film 'Lady and the Tramp', so although they came under my general fondness for animals, I had never wanted to own one of my own. However, Tiger became very much my cat and I was absolutely distraught when we had to have him put down in 2005. You can read about how one cat turned into three and then into four and then seven...(nine, ten and now thirteen!) on the 'Our Cats' page. We now live with a motley assortment of moggies and pedigrees, and can't imagine being without them. We would still like a dog at some point, but it'll have to be one that's capable of getting along with cats!
We both enjoy making things and seeing things develop, and are involved in a variety of activities as a result - from growing our own veg to major 'DIY' on the house (like completely re-wiring it!) to building scratching posts and frames to display our cats' awards. We decided that we might as well try selling some of these things to other people and you will therefore find pages selling scratching posts, 'show award' frames and even photos and sketches. If you like the look of any of these things but don't feel that we have quite what you want, let us know and we will be happy to talk to you about bespoke items. We have also built our own cat pens and rabbit hutches and are happy to consider doing so for other people as long as you are not too far away from here.