Travel

While Seeds have been set and are pushing their way through in the green house, most days have been dull and wet, with the odd bright skies that do not last long before the rain and sleet fall again..

But we cannot grumble.. for there are those who have lost so much as the floods have been horrendous in various part of the UK with rivers bursting their banks, flooding homes and business’s in many areas.. This is going to make farmers tasks of sowing seeds for their harvests so much harder.. And we may well be seeing prices rise in shops due to what will no doubt mean crops are in short supply, So I am very thankful for living where I do, and that we grow our own veggies etc, and although we often get problems with our hill when it snows, we are not flooded out like many people have been.. So we are very blessed, and thankful.

So while its been soggy and cold, I have been snug and warm and my knitting needles have been creating sparks. lol.. Yes they are not plastic ones but metal and the have been clicking away.. 🙂 And so I knitted myself a waistcoat with pockets..

The reverse side showing pocket before sewn in place

One side of the collar and rib knitted up for one side. Pocket ribs done and pockets now sewn in place.

Finished Waistcoat

I have today spent a little time creating a short little video of a Gwili Steam Railway which we visited last year. We spent a pleasant afternoon looking around the railway yard and enjoying a long scenic ride along the track and back..

I hope you Enjoy. Take care All of you.

Those of you who understand the seasons, know once the digging is done and we plant a few early seeds, like Onions, and Broad beans to get them on their way, there is not a great lot to report until planting new seedlings begins in the Spring..

Here are a couple of photos of what has been dug so far..

You can see lots of sprouts still to be eaten and parsnips still to dig up. And more still to be dug above And I am proud to say I dug over that whole stretch between the sprouts.. 🙂

More was dug over and completed

So that will be it for a while on the garden… But I thought to share a few pictures in a video I made of a very special day we went to Inveraray, in Scotland a couple of years ago now… You can also find more facts too on Inveraray Jail in one of my posts

So Here is Something A Little Different!

Inveraray Castle is such a fairy-tale castle to look at, set in beautiful grounds. The Castle is home to the Chief of the Clan~ Campbell.. And is the ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll. It has been standing on the shores of Loch Fyne since the early 1400’s.

Picture Source of Vanbrugh Here

The dream started with John Vanbrugh, whose sketched his vision of the Castle. However Vanbrugh then died, but his vision was then taken up by the Third Duke who started build the Castle in 1746.

The Third Duke Argyll Archibald Campbell.. Picture Image source Here ..

And who then employed the Architects Roger Morris 1695–1749 and William Adam,1689-1748. who started construction on the Castle.. But both Adam and Morris died before their construction was completed and it wasn’t until some 43 years later when the Son’s of Adam who were Robert and James, took the castle through to its finished state.

Can you just imagine the type of Capital it would take to build? The opulence of such wealth even back in its day, is beyond belief, especially during that time when people were starving and being punished and thrown into prison for stealing bread or poaching just to survive. You should take a look at Inveraray Jail, I hope to post a separate video on my time spent visiting the Museum Jail in the town. A surreal experience with full size models of people and one or two real ones that jump to life unexpectedly in my case lol.. But that is for another time..

John Vanbrugh’s other well known Architectural genius’s were the design of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.

More construction was done to the Castle due to a Fire which caused damage and a third floor and the Cone shape Towers were then added in 1877.

This stone commemorated where the Old Castle Stood before it was destroyed in the Fire before being rebuilt

The Ground Floor is full of Arms, from Guns to Lances, swords, and other weaponry. Along with a magnificent State Dinning Room.. ( unfortunately my picture in the video was a little blurred of the dinning room, but you can find a better one with the ground floor link. )

I hope you enjoy the little video I put together of the Castle and surrounding areas we visited..

Have a Wonderful Month of February Everyone.

We get one Extra Day too.. This Leap Year!…