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#Instagram #Live for #AIP #Jammers: Repairing #DunansBridge and #DunansCastle

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

This week I was asked to update the Adventures in Preservation Volunteers (or jammers) on our projects for 2021, so on Friday at 5pm I livestreamed from the bridge and then took my viewers on a short walk to the castle to give them a flavour of what the project would consist next year. The … Continue reading #Instagram #Live for #AIP #Jammers: Repairing #DunansBridge and #DunansCastle

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#LatestNews from #DunansCastle in #December #video from #theLairdHimself

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

Including a tour of the cleared castle and news on the ongoing works for the restoration.

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#Cross-stitch Experiment for #DunansCastle with #flyingbuttress & #virginiacreeper

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

After several requests, and given that we are nearing the festive season, I thought I would finally try my hand at developing a cross-stitch pattern! The results can be found here and below is a gif of the unrestricted palette version (you’ll need 95 colours!!).

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Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images

Posted by Anne MacPhail on

The clearance of the back two compartments of the castle has taken much longer than the others, simply because they aren’t accessible by the minidigger and there’s not enough room for more than a couple of workers. Our luck continues with the floors, which are all concrete, making clearance much much easier than suspended floors. … Continue reading Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images

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Landslip at Dunans: Ravine path closed, repairs imminent!

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

This winter has been very hard on the grounds at Dunans. We’ve seen so much intense rainfall that the paths, like last year, are a quagmire. Some relief was afforded by the freeze of last week, but the problem is deep-seated and is about what is happening to the climate overall. In early January the … Continue reading Landslip at Dunans: Ravine path closed, repairs imminent!

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Deeply Wintry: Dunans clothed in snow

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

We went out at midday a couple of days ago for a walk. Felt like walking in a subterranean world. Extraordinary.

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Dunans and the Seaplane: Loch Lomond Seaplanes fly us over Dunans on a perfect day for photos!

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

Today we had a marvellous outing courtesy of Sadie. For my birthday last year my darling wife gave me a jaunt in the Loch Lomond Seaplane. Well, today we finally got to go. It was a truly brilliant day out, and the highlight was of course circling Dunans in the morning sunlight before going off … Continue reading Dunans and the Seaplane: Loch Lomond Seaplanes fly us over Dunans on a perfect day for photos!

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