Royal Hunting Lodge - Part 1

The cushion was made by a local embroidery group



We are visiting the ancient royal hunting lodge at Traquair, set in the beautiful countryside
thirty miles south of Edinburgh.

The Leithen Water flows gently by, as it has done for centuries, on it's way to
join the River Tweed.

The Bear Gates

These old entrance gates were closed in 1745 at the time of the Jacobite uprising. Bonnie Prince Charlie visited here during this time
and on his departure the laird ordered the gates to be closed until a Stuart was again on the British throne    -    they remain closed. 

The old driveway ceased to be used, and a new one built on the right behind the trees.

It's hunting days over, a horse stands among fruit trees in the walled garden.

To be continued ............

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Misty Sea

We have had quite a lot of mist in the Firth of Forth recently.

Sometimes blue and calm .................

and sometimes grey, wild  and noisy ...............

I find this grey weather exhilarating, a feeling of being at one with the elements.

It's easy to visualize ships from times past sailing by................

Spanish galleons in Scottish waters by Andrew Spratt.

Treasure!

Maddy investigates  -  I love the position of the black dog, top right!

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Our Precious Water

Some images for World Water Day  -  22nd March

Above, Swans in a city park

River Earn

River Almond

River North Esk

River Tweed

River Quaich, Glen Quaich

Hilltop loch, Glen Quaich

Loch Earn

Storm clouds over the North Sea

Mermaid sketch  -   by J W Waterhouse

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