Gearranan Blackhouse Village

I have come here having no idea when we left home, that this reconstruction existed!
Fascinating. A museum Blackhouse, set up as prewar '30's. Complete with sloping floor with sleeping quarters at the top of the slope and the animals kept at the bottom of the building.
You can't really imagine the atmosphere there, No chimney, a small window in the roof to let out some smoke etc the smell from the beasts.
The animal Byre is now occupied by a Harris Tweed power loom. The power from a mechanism attached to a bicycle seat and pedals. This modification came in in the late nineteenth century and significantly speeded up the amount of cloth that could be woven in a day.
I was fascinated. I was also reminded of my Mum. As a leisure activity she learned to spin and then to weave. She even managed to create a length of tweed from which she made a suit. She was rightly proud of this achievement. I am too.Okumaya devam et