Bathwell
Filmed at Bathwell House, Rosneath, Argyll, in the summer of 2020. Music credit: ‘Sky Full of Song’ Florence and the Machine. To play this short film please click here or … Continue reading Bathwell
Tag: Argyll
Worn-out mattresses, legless chairs, headless beds
This is a short film about Rosneath Castle in Argyll. It was once the home of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Worn-out mattresses, legless chairs, headless beds: To play the … Continue reading Worn-out mattresses, legless chairs, headless beds
‘SCOTUS’
John Gibson Scott, my uncle, was known to his fellow university students as ‘SCOTUS’. My uncle died on 7th May 2012. He was a man not without flaws [who is … Continue reading ‘SCOTUS’
A fine view
This lovely story features in the Book of Scottish Anecdote. I was fortunate to spend long periods of my childhood in Argyll. Here I share my memories of spending childhood … Continue reading A fine view
GRAFFITO
It was while researching ‘Peter the puggled gardener’ that I came across a reference to this ‘GRAFFITO’. It is of a galley inscribed on a natural rock above Loch Creran … Continue reading GRAFFITO
‘Hill of the Resurrection’
On the south bank of the sea loch that is Loch Fyne, above Newton Bay, is a small summit known in Gaelic as: Tradition (little more than oral recall) has … Continue reading ‘Hill of the Resurrection’
Glen Creran gardener
I recently came across this photograph of a Victorian gardener who worked in Glen Creran, Argyll. The photograph was annotated with the name of the gardener: Peter Rankin. To me … Continue reading Glen Creran gardener
The Ardlamont Mystery
The Ardlamont Murder (also known as the Ardlamont Mystery), which took place in Argyll, Scotland, on 10 August 1893, gave rise to two high-profile court cases: a murder trial in … Continue reading The Ardlamont Mystery