A famous foghorn in Aberdeen has sparked a bidding war between prospective buyers desperate to own a piece of Scottish history.
And property agents revealed several offers made for the much-loved Torry Coo in Aberdeen were “well in excess” of the asking price.
The Northern Lighthouse Board put the 110-year-old horn and store building on the market in July with a price tag of £5,000, but several mystery bidders want to get their hands on the Category A listed structure. Continue reading Mise Tales Twelve→
Three Skeleton Key is a one act play I have never heard about before today. It was written as a short story by George G. Toudouze and was first published in 1937 in English.
This is a short story about three men who operate a lighthouse miles offshore of the South American coast. They love their job untill one day a strange ship arrives. Suddenly they are unsure if they will survive to see the next day.
Setting
This story is set on a “key” or small island several miles offshore of French Guianna in the early 1900s. Lighthouse operators whould spend months at a time isolated out on their tiny islands without any contact with the rest of the world. Continue reading Three Skeleton Key – A Lighthouse Play→
In November 2011 I made a post about a book by Elinor De Wire called The Lightkeeper’s Menagerie. This was a book about stories of animals at lighthouses. Later, in 2012 I received a nice email from Elinor and an offer to send me a copy of the book. The book arrived a while ago and I have yet to delve into it’s 328 pages (I will soon Elinor!), but I came across a couple of photos that brought to mind my stories of animals on lighthouses.
I did write about Cougars on the Doorstep but this post is referring to mostly my pets who lived on the lighthouses where I served.
cats on a canoe
The picture on the left shows two cats on the bow of a canoe and I immediately thought of our first Siamese cat called
Tipsy at Pulteney
Tipsy, because she used to drink beer!. Tipsy travelled to our first lighthouse at Pulteney Point, but before we moved to the lighthouse we used to take our canoe out on the ocean.
Tipsy always wanted to come – in the car, in the canoe, on walks, into bed – we could never leave her behind. So, off into the ocean she went with us. Upon our return to shore she would jump from the bow, about 10 feet from the shore, and swim to the beach! She was not afraid of water as most cats are. Tipsy loved the lighthouse. Lots more to do than being stuck in an apartment!
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Tricia grins
At Pulteney Point we decided we needed a dog as well. Well, one of my favourites was the Dalmation so our next trip out we purchased a Dalmation pup. Tricia was a Continue reading Animals at Lighthouses→
Aberdeen’s Torry Coo on the market for £5,000
