Balintore Castle Restoration Project

Balintore Castle Restoration Project This page documents the highs and lows of the amazing ongoing restorations of Balintore Castle, adve

Like the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, the Balintore Castle blog is now a multi-lingual event.
12/05/2026

Like the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, the Balintore Castle blog is now a multi-lingual event.

I have recently been approached by a couple of undergraduate students, called Lorenzo and Dylan, from the University of Toulon. They are in...

New owner of Balintore Castle discovered:
04/05/2026

New owner of Balintore Castle discovered:

In my previous blog entry , there were some photos of a cast iron address stamp for Balintore Castle sent to me by the purchaser of this his...

Not just an amazing discovery, but a detective puzzle for all of you. I will award a small prize to the first person who...
18/04/2026

Not just an amazing discovery, but a detective puzzle for all of you. I will award a small prize to the first person who cracks it.

I received an email out of the blue a couple of weeks ago. The sender, Alan, had purchased an job lot of items at auction. On opening a smal...

How can you not read a blog entry with the technically correct name of:Fetishistic Flibberty Jib
19/02/2026

How can you not read a blog entry with the technically correct name of:

Fetishistic Flibberty Jib

Amidst the slings and arrows of the current battlefield that is Balintore Castle (await future blog entries), there are still small day-to-d...

You may wonder where your invite to this evening's Burns Supper has gone? Read on ...
25/01/2026

You may wonder where your invite to this evening's Burns Supper has gone?
Read on ...

Many thanks to everyone who responded to a previous blog entry , offering food and shopping services while I was snowed in at the castle. As...

There's not a lot you can buy for 99p nowadays.
23/01/2026

There's not a lot you can buy for 99p nowadays.

Osbert Lancaster , the illustrious and witty commentator on the history of British interior décor, has much to say on the Early Victorian pe...

Being snowed-in has unpredicable consequences.
11/01/2026

Being snowed-in has unpredicable consequences.

olive p âté and heat-liquified olive oil One of the disadvantages of being snowed in at the castle, as at present, is being unable to shop...

The first blog entry of the new year from across the sea - Happy New Year!
04/01/2026

The first blog entry of the new year from across the sea - Happy New Year!

As the Isles of Orkney are surrounded by the North Sea, their climate is much moderated by large bodies of water. In consequence, I was look...

Happy Christmas to all friends of Balintore.You may enjoy the seasonal blog entry.You may also be appalled.
23/12/2025

Happy Christmas to all friends of Balintore.

You may enjoy the seasonal blog entry.
You may also be appalled.

The "family update" Chistmas letter is, according to reknown and soi-disant etiquette expert William Hanson, not read and by inference, not...

Photos from today's excursion. Note you have to click the images twice to get the full VR experience.
22/10/2025

Photos from today's excursion. Note you have to click the images twice to get the full VR experience.

A brief period of R&R away from Balintore Castle, led me to visit Haddon Hall in Derbyshire. In fact the main target of my expedition was Ch...

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