As usual, I quickly run out of titles. Today was our final full day staying in Spean Bridge. Now the younger generation have departed life has become less hectic and bed times have become earlier. I think that the alcohol consumption has also reduced!!
Today we decided to visit the Cairngorms mountain range and ski area.
On the way up we passed the Laggan Dam, which was built back in 1934 to supply water for Aluminium smelter in Fort William. Water from those dams is fed 3 miles via tunnel to another loch, and then via a 15 mile tunnel through the mountains to Fort William. Quite a feat of engineering in its day.
We continued on towards the Cairngorms with a quick stop for coffee.
We then had a longer unplanned stop at the Highland Folk Museum. This was an outdoor museum depicting life in the Highlands over the last two hundred years or so. I’ll just dump a whole load of pictures with captions where needed.
The first building we saw was a Blackhouse, it was stone building with a moss and turf roof. It appear animals and family shared the place.
We were then disturbed by a train! Two engines for for a single piece of freight seemed a little excessive!!
Next stop was the school, the time table was very similar to what I remember as a kid, there was also a board laying out the rules for real “joined up” writing!
In the picture below, does any one have any idea what the metal circles with the hanging hook/spike might be?
Another house was probably from the late ’40s early 50s.
Below is a table laid with a weeks worth of (rationed) food for one person for a week. Rationing following WWII was not completely finished in the UK until 1953.
Some old street signs, post box and telephone box.
And of course the Highland Cows
Steam engines used on the farm
Sorry, this is a little rushed towards the end, it takes longer than I expected to sort the photos on a tablet rather than a laptop!
We’ve just returned from Lyn’s brothers house where we had our “last supper” in Spean Bridge. Tomorrow we head off to the east coast in preparation for a whale watching trip and the start of the NC500 drive.
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