ochoin wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 1:57 am
.....and some cheval de frise.
For a true Hielan welcome! (Although I have to say, definitely NOT my experience of travelling in the Highlands.)
Very nice, Donald.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.) Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
ochoin wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 5:57 am
Yes. I'm considering buying their broch. I have no real need for it but who wouldn't want to own a broch?
donald
I bought one
I've crawled all over a real one on Lewis (where Mum's family are from). There's literally no-one or anything to stop you climbing up inside the double walls. It's in the best condition apart from the one in the Shetlands, which I haven't seen.
A very practical building in terms of comfort & defence. I may build a life-sized replica here in order to be able to defend all the toilet-paper rolls I've bought......