Throwback Wednesday

Still haven't managed to do anything with the wool from last summer's shearing, and before you know it, it will be shearing time all over again, but here's a jumper/pullover/vest (not sure what to call it!) that Rachel knitted with wool from my Balwens!

Rachel says it's warm and she loves it -- but it is not a next to skin layer because ITCHY.  In this detail here you can actually see how itchy it is.  Balwen have quite a short staple length -- this means more ends and more itching.  Looking forward to spinning the Shetland wool as it should be much softer...

Archaeology

This amazing piece of a ship either washed up or was uncovered by the storms the other day.  It's constructed completely using wooden pegs -- no metal at all!  How incredible is this?!

Appropriate archaeological organisations have been contacted so we will undoubtedly find out more about it in due course, but it's clearly several hundred years old at least...

Just trying to imagine the lives of the people who built it and sailed on it...

This is clearly more modern and I meant to photograph it ages ago but as it's not far from the ship I had my chance today -- somebody clearly parked this car here once upon a time and then the sea just destroyed it to the point where all that remains is the tyres and the engine block!

Signs of Spring

Snowdrops galore everywhere, and buds on trees, and it's starting to get light now not long after I get up in the morning -- spring must be on its way!