When colleagues think I'm listening but in my mind I'm somewhere in France in the 1430s fighting the English invaders with our French cousins! #ManAtArms #Storytelling #DirletonCastle

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of earlier layout with Drum Towers present during siege by Bishop Bek in 1298. #DirletonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

My old watercolour of Bishop Bek's siege of Dirleton Castle in 1298 with Berwick Law in the background. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #Watercolourpainting

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland). Reconstruction mock-up of Ruthven gatehouse with Barmkin wall and Beehive Dovecote. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland). Overlap of parts of my watercolour reconstruction from 1984. Castle built by the Anglo-Norman De-Vaux family. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

Man at Arms in surcoat colours of the Halyburton family that held Dirleton Castle in the 1350s. #ManAtArms #StoryTelling #DirletonCastle

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction suggestion from 2019 of Halyburton gatehouse with conical roofed bartizans built over stumps of De-Vaux tower slighted by King The Bruce's forces in 1311. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

#TuesdayBlue with a #throwback to May and incredible Himalayan blue poppies at #DirletonCastle. That blue is just dreamy, I love these flowers 💙🩵 #Scotland #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers

Asked 'AI' to generate a video of my Paint version of mortar bomb impact on gatehouse doorway at Dirleton Castle in 1650. But 'Grok' got carried away and did more than just blow the doors off! #DirletonCastle

Made a shield for Geoffrio de Charny last year for a talk. He was the bannerman for the Oriflamme at Poitiers in 1356 & the first owner of the Shroud of Turin. Made a prop shroud as well. It was ideal for doing the Easter Talk this year. #ManAtArms #Storytelling #DirletonCastle

My homemade recycled parts cannon replica prop from 2003 (based on a real bombard from 1450). #ManAtArms #storytelling #DirletonCastle

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up from 2019 with the rebuilding/repair work done by the Halyburton family on the stumps of the towers slighted by King Robert The Bruce's forces. #DirletonCastle #HistoryRebuilt

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Site started by the Anglo/Norman De Vaux family in 1249. #DirletonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Built by the De-Vaux family. Slighted by King Robert 'The Bruce' to stop its use as an English base. #DirletonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

One of my old Bascinet replicas that rusted up during lockdown storage in 2021, that I cleaned up with apple cider vinegar,( rather than urine in medieval times) along with sand & wire wool. #ManAtArms #Storytelling #DirletonCastle