Into Scotland

Although I have to admit, there are no photos from over the border. Off to visit a friend, the most assiduous commentator on here since I started writing it a year ago. It’s always nice to know that at least one person is reading it.

Firstly, on the way, to Ford, still in Northumberland. For more than half of the 19C the castle here was occupied by the widowed Lady Waterford (whose husband had died in Ireland in a hunting accident aged 40).

She was an indefatigable social reformer and a talented artist who had been friends with the Pre-Raphaelites before her marriage. She rebuilt the village and built a village school which is now the village hall and is decorated with her paintings.

Ford Castle. This is currently an outdoor education centre and not open to the public.
The interior of Lady Waterford Hall.
Interior panorama.
Ravens
Ford village
Ford village with the castle in the background. Beyond that is the site of the battle of Flodden. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden)
The old smithy – now an antiques centre. Dealer sitting outside for local colour.
The village church and graveyard. The wooded hill in the distance is where James IV of Scotland gathered his men before the a Battle of Flodden. The battlefield is to the right. He was killed in the battle, the last British monarch to be so.
For my nephew, Ewart. Signpost to a village, presumably in England.

One thought on “Into Scotland”

  1. Great pictures of Ford, which I’ve gone past many times but never gone into…typical. Very atmospheric picture of Flodden Field’s approaches – over near Earlston there’s a farm called Sorrowless Field. Apparently this was the only place that a man returned to alive after Flodden.

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