‘a picture to delight the artist’
A dear friend of mine recently shared with me some of the contents of a family album that was kept by her mother and Granny. On one page of the … Continue reading ‘a picture to delight the artist’
Tag: ruins
Torshinach cottage
I do not recall Torshinach cottage. It was demolished long before my time. This lay-by is just before the eastward entrance on the B9119 to the village of Garlogie [Aberdeenshire]. … Continue reading Torshinach cottage
Seefew
A few days before Christmas I ventured to SEEFEW. I did so in remembrance of Elizabeth Hall, who died there a month short of her 16th birthday: To watch a short … Continue reading Seefew
Granville Lowe Paterson
A short film aboot Granville Lowe Paterson [1921-2004] fae Balnarge, Glenglass. He was a weel kent Inverness ‘worthy’. To play this film please click here or on the image above. … Continue reading Granville Lowe Paterson
Fornethy House
I visited Fornethy House last year. Interested in old buildings I had intended to make a short film about the history of the house. However, the visit to Fornethy was … Continue reading Fornethy House
door to door
To play this short film please click here or on the image below. Credits: Jonathan Meades on Scottish places read by Peter Scott-Gordon; opening lines of a poem by Peter … Continue reading door to door
Then, mid-sentence,
In the high hills of Glen Bruar, whilst walking with a friend, I had a sudden seizure and lost consciousness. This happened mid-sentence, on the last day of 2021 by the … Continue reading Then, mid-sentence,
‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’
What follows is a an incomplete timeline relating to the hill farms of Cunzierton and Harkers in the Scottish Borders: 22 November 1839, Kelso Chronicle: 3 January 1843, Kelso Chronicle: … Continue reading ‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’