It has been raining for 3 days straight.
However, we were not going to let a little water stop our outing today. As we are castle folk, we went to visit our neighbouring castle folk, The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, at Inveraray Castle.
Unfortunately, they were called away suddenly, but we were welcomed in nonetheless.
After a lovely lunch and a look around, we started back to our castle. Just after we come through the Hole in the Wall, on our way up the drive,
we pass an ugly, boarded up building. We have since learned that this is a very historical place. It was where TAT-1 came ashore in 1956. What is TAT-1, you may ask? The Trans Atlantic Telephone cable joining the UK with Clarenville, Newfoundland and on to the US. After the Cuban Missile crisis, it also carried the hotline between the White House and the Kremlin.
It was in service for 20 years. John was dying to get inside, especially when he found out there was a tunnel into the rock behind.
The irony is that telephone calls went out of here for 20 years and now, in 2018, we can't get a signal!
very interesting! I hope the sun comes out soon - everything looks better in the sunshine. Good for you for soldiering on!
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