Duart Castle
Jun. 8th, 2019 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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It was not a very good day today, so we chose an indoor activity; visiting Duart Castle. This had been the home of the clan chief MacLean for centuries. However, it had lain in ruins until it was re-purchased by the then current chief in 1915. Looking at the photos of the time, you have to give him credit for seeing anything in the pile of stones, but he made a magnificent job of turning it into a home. Even so, things like this still trouble me, in that he clearly had the money to do it. He was a hereditary ‘Sir’ with connections to the royal family. No doubt a thoroughly ‘good egg’ but I still wonder whether anyone should have that sort of inherited wealth.
After a coffee (me) and lunch (Junko) we had hoped to explore the area a little, but the wind and rain would have made that a truly miserable experience, so we forwent it. (Forgo, forgot? Forgoed? Apparently, it’s ‘forwent’, which sounds very odd, but is logical, I suppose.)
On our way back to the B&B we stopped at a nature hide to see what wildlife might be about. Apart from a couple of fairly common birds, we didn’t see that much. We’ve still not seen an otter, though I did spot a red squirrel dash across the road in front of the car on one occasion.
https://www.facebook.com/mark.kuramotoheadey/media_set?set=a.10213307750906375&type=3&uploaded=9
It was not a very good day today, so we chose an indoor activity; visiting Duart Castle. This had been the home of the clan chief MacLean for centuries. However, it had lain in ruins until it was re-purchased by the then current chief in 1915. Looking at the photos of the time, you have to give him credit for seeing anything in the pile of stones, but he made a magnificent job of turning it into a home. Even so, things like this still trouble me, in that he clearly had the money to do it. He was a hereditary ‘Sir’ with connections to the royal family. No doubt a thoroughly ‘good egg’ but I still wonder whether anyone should have that sort of inherited wealth.
After a coffee (me) and lunch (Junko) we had hoped to explore the area a little, but the wind and rain would have made that a truly miserable experience, so we forwent it. (Forgo, forgot? Forgoed? Apparently, it’s ‘forwent’, which sounds very odd, but is logical, I suppose.)
On our way back to the B&B we stopped at a nature hide to see what wildlife might be about. Apart from a couple of fairly common birds, we didn’t see that much. We’ve still not seen an otter, though I did spot a red squirrel dash across the road in front of the car on one occasion.
https://www.facebook.com/mark.kuramotoheadey/media_set?set=a.10213307750906375&type=3&uploaded=9
