Travelling Lace part three

 Hi,
This is the final part of the travelling lace,   she been out about in Somerset with me over the last couple of months,  I am waiting to hear form the next lady who going to have her so I can send her on her way for her next adventure.
We went to Mells and this small  stone building in the centre of Mells is reputed to be where Little Jack horner sat eating his Christmas Pie,  The earliest Version of "Little Jack Horner" dates back to the 18th century.
This is Vernon holding her up for me to take a picture,  only it didn't work

We went back through Kilmersdon and I managed to stop and take a picture of this thatched cottage who had its thatched roof redone recently and on the top of the roof they have built two figures of Jack and Jill and they even have one holding a small bucket.
Kilmersdon is recorded in the Domesday book.which dated back at least 1,000 years,  most of the village dated back to the 19th centruy

We took a trip out passing the Glastonbury Tor,  unfortunately Lacey decided not to co-operate in taking a picture of her and folded back over my hand as I took the picture of the tor,  while Vernon was driving,    on  this road there was no where to stop to actually take the picture.
On our way back we drove through Pilton and I managed to get this picture of the centre of Pilton with Lacey.
The Glastonbury music festive is actually just outside the village of Pilton, and Pilton is about five miles from Glastonbury,

We had to go back to Castle Cary,  and I managed to get parked and take a couple of photos,  the top one is the Horse pond,   the horse pond which is said to be part of the moat to the castle,  The first castle was besieged in 1138 and again in 1152,  originally made of a timber frame  and would have been built by the Normans.   Today no is sure where the actual castle was.  The history of Cary appeared after the Norman invasion in the 11th century,  but there is evidence of  occupation before that.
The Horse pond was used where they had horse and wagons and the horses where driven into the pond for a cool off and drink,  Its fed by underground streams,  having only lived a few yards away with an underground stream under the stone cottage I rented,  I can say in winter after heavy rain there was some dampness.
The bronze swan was put in the pond in 2001 for the millennium year 2000,  I watched as they lowered the swan in place,   Years ago there was a pair of swans living on the pond but after the mink killed them,  they were not replaced instead this bronze was put in the pond.  There is fish in the pond but don't think about catching them,  the locals would soon chase anyone off for stealing the fish.
The other picture on the side if looking up the high street.  There are many listed buildings in Cary,  it is a market town rather than a village.   One factory still exists in Cary and that is the horse hair factory making cloth from horse hair and is said to be the only left in England.  When you see some of the chairs and furniture in stately homes or in the royal palaces the fabric will have been made in  Cary.

This is the last picture of Lacey before leaving me and I thought it would be nice to show her with my heirloom cloth,  this tatted lace doily which was made by my fathers mother is over 100 years old,  is in good condition even through I washed in the washing machine.   

I hope you enjoyed this post and some of the history of Somerset.

Margaret

Travelling Lace in Greece

Hi,

Another post with the Lacy the Travelling lace,  she came with us to Parga Greece and had a great time using her in the photos,  some of you will have seen some of the photos of Parga already but these are similar or the same but with lacy in.

This shows Parga castle on top of the hill,  there was no way I could walk up to the castle as it was steps all the way up and they were steep most of the way.

These are a few of Parga harbour and bay,
My husbands hand got in the picture a few times its not easy to hold a piece of lace and take a photo,  I kept getting her to near the lens as you can see in pone or two of them

We took a train ride up to the watermill and Museum    not the best idea first I had trouble getting onto the train as it was high up,  (i'm only short)  but I managed it in the end and then when we got to the watermill where they used to ground wheat for flour using the power of water.   There was a steep path up to the waterfall,  Lacy and I stayed in the shade while Vernon walked up to the waterfall for some photos.  He took the picture of the waterfall.

Well that was our Journey with her to Greece shes been out and about again with me in Somerset but I will have to send her on her way to the next member of Craftree  for next venture soon.

Margaret

Travelling Lace

Hi,
On Craftree one lady produced  a piece of tatted lace which  is travelling the world,  and it’s my turn to have Lacy as she is called.  Eventually the owner of the lace is going to make up a book about her travels.
I live in Somerset so she been travelling around Somerset with me,  and at the moment she in Greece.

Firstly she went to Castle Cary.  Castle Cary is a small market town,  I took a picture with her of the roundhouse.  The roundhouse was an 18th Century prison,  this is a temporary prison or village lock up built in 1779 for £23.00 from money left to the poor of Castle Cary in 1805.  It is a circular stone structure and has a domed roof, 7ft in dia., and 10 feet high with two iron grills for ventilation, no windows and of course no electric as in those days there was no electric.

Her next journey took her to Wells.  Wells is an historic and Medieval city and the smallest city in England,  famous for the 13th Century Cathedral.
The picture is the Bishops Place Gate,  leading to the Bishops place unfortunately I could not walk any further due to server pain in my hip,  The Bishops place has been home of the Bishops and the Diocese of Bath and Wells for 800 years,  construction started in 1210 and is a grade one listed English Heritage buildings.

This is a picture of the Town hall in Well market Place,  fans of Poldark will recognise this building as it was used in the filming of the series of Poldark which unfortunately has now finished and the last episode was last Sunday and there will be no more.

And finally she visited Kilmesdon,  home of Jack and Jill the nursery rhyme.









Shes in Greece now next part of her journey when I get home

Margaret