House on the beach, and the blue and white porcelain...Part 1

Thursday, 21st April - (Catch-up)

Misty morning, and incredibly still, with the loch like a mirror!

This morning's offering, after porridge, was Kippers, and although a good source of Omega 3 and everything else, I couldn't face them and just had toast and marmalade. Lee tried them, and found then tasty, like sardines, and with lots of bones. Traditionally served with brown bread and butter.

We headed out of the Loch to the Sound of Mull, and to a cove where there was a ruined castle we could walk to. Easy access to the beach, with its one lone house. How does one decide to build a house here, And what of the transporting of the building materials? It looked very cosy and may have been two houses, as there seemed to be a shared chimney.

The beach was dark sand, with the sound of springs and waterfalls on the hillsides above, and as you do when 'beachcombing', you look down for shells and whatever may have been washed up.

I found several pieces of crockery / ceramics, in blue and white, and one piece in black and white, with glazing on the reverse side. Makes you wonder who used them and where they are from, and how long they have been there. The black and white piece still has part of the design on it, and we'd love to find out its origins.