We
decided today to wander over to Forfar to investigate
the birthplace of one of my forefathers, John MacDonald. A
trip into Pitlochry first for a new camera battery.
Then
out through Moulin & Kinnaird, across the Moulin
Moors. A pretty run but all through light to moderate rain too wet for photos.
Most of the road to
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On to Rattray and then west to Forfar through reasonably flat and productive looking farmland of mixed crops, cattle and sheep. Forfar itself has an interesting triangular building right in the middle of town with roads around all three sides. We visited a museum with an excellent display...ancient days through to olden days... They had a re-creation of an ancient burial crypt, complete with skeleton. |
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Forfar |
Also a
replication of streets around the castle, showing shops complete with
mannequins, shop fittings and tools.
I was
able to get some Inf. on genealogy sources and was advised to visit the library
at Montrose. We saw several buildings in town that would have been there at the
start of the 1800s and therefore possibly seen or used by my forefather so we
took photos there too. (Including original sections of
cobbled streets).
From
there, out to the coast and Montrose. Still raining on and
off so not much sight seeing. We found a pub for lunch then on to the
library to check microfiche records. No luck there I'm afraid.
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Forfar, cobbled street |
Moulin Moor Character |
Back
home to Pitlochry and another home cooked meal from Somersal... pheasant, done in the traditional Scottish way.
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Heather and young trees with 'deer guards' |
Stone cottage, Moulin Moor |
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Donavourd Farmhouse Somersal Shepley |
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