Arborglyphs
In 1874, Robert Louis Stevenson and his father, inscribed their initials and a symbol of the rising sun into a tree in the corner of the garden surrounding Swanston Cottage: … Continue reading Arborglyphs
Tag: Robert Louis Stevenson
Glassingall Gardener
Glassingall Mansion House, just North of Dunblane, was demolished in the months before my birth. I have seen photographs of it, and to my eyes, it looks to have been … Continue reading Glassingall Gardener
Sandy Islet
On Monday I took a walk along the Allan Water towards Stirling and it’s castle. Leaving Mossgrove, I passed the play-park where children are currently no longer free to play … Continue reading Sandy Islet
And the artist . . .
Yesterday I met up with a musician in the National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. But first of all I went to say hello to Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson. His bust was … Continue reading And the artist . . .
‘Dig the grave and let me lie’
On the early morning of Sunday 7th May 2017, I set off to visit ‘Stank’ The Stank Mausoleum was built in 1925 at the point in this old Roy map where … Continue reading ‘Dig the grave and let me lie’
A ‘mytholm’
Ted Hughes described a ‘mytholm’ as meeting of streams. This film is about such a meeting. Where the Allan Water goes Forth. Mytholm: To play this film please click here … Continue reading A ‘mytholm’
Histories never end, but go on living in their consequences
A short film about Cammo. To play this short film please click here or on the image below: Histories never end, but go on living in their consequences: Diogenes was … Continue reading Histories never end, but go on living in their consequences
Stevenson’s cave
This is the cave on the river Allan that Robert Louis Stevenson felt had always been “a part of me”. My family used to own Drumdruils, where the cave is … Continue reading Stevenson’s cave