Tag Archives: Isle of Lewis

The Queen in my suitcase

‘Aha!’ said a member of Glasgow airport’s security staff as a small Royal person was revealed lurking at the bottom of my suitcase.  Ten years ago this summer, whilst returning from the Outer Hebrides, my luggage set off a shrill … Continue reading

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Christmas at Kindberg Towers

Decided to make my nativity scene multi-species again, a happy meeting of one of my many robots, a puppet Saracen king from Barcelona and a replica of an Isle of Lewis chess queen, a momento of my 2015 visit to … Continue reading

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Christmas at Kindberg Towers

Great to have friends round at Kindberg Towers and celebrate Solstice and Christmas etc.  The figure on the left is a replica of one of the wonderful Lewis chessmen – a Queen discovered in Uig on the west coast of the Isle … Continue reading

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