Highland Life Museum.

Free entry. A lovely sunny day. Interesting and not one bit stuffy.

The house is an example of one that I may have lived in in Grantown on Spey a few years back. There were also older examples of how the MacDonalds may have lived in their Glen when life was cold and harsh.

I have lots of photos but Blogspot only seems to accept one or 2 at a time. Best go on the website to see what is there.

What I really liked was that the buildings were inhabited by local people and so their stories were real. The bicycle repair man who loved clocks and so built a lean-to on his house in the twon of Nairn so he could indulge his hobby, collecting, repairing and inventing wierd and wonderful machinery in order to do so. His workshop looked like my dad's. Everything was saved and mostly stored. But some things were made use of, his iron bedstead was cut in half length ways and made into gutters on his shed. How unique and inventive.

I wonder what possible use my dad had for the collection of castor wheels he collected, or the old irons. He won't have any use now though; age has made work in his garage impossible. He is still hoping that Ralph will take up where he left off and Ralph is busy donating it all to the Steam Railway. Now that's another post.