tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post1022030042828499092..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: Ring of DaffodilsJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-83694429697752263732018-05-22T15:01:28.859+01:002018-05-22T15:01:28.859+01:00Horse was Mac... Clydesdale 18.2 hands. Worked to ...Horse was Mac... Clydesdale 18.2 hands. Worked to the plough. Died of a twisted gut in 1998. I know because Ella was my ex-wife. Regards K.HughesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-34097677198723964032017-01-17T16:14:22.186+00:002017-01-17T16:14:22.186+00:00Many thanks for the clarification, westernfalcon. ...Many thanks for the clarification, westernfalcon. I need to check again in May to see if the flowers still appear. JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-59198905860691305322017-01-17T15:07:15.255+00:002017-01-17T15:07:15.255+00:00Two years too late, I've only just seen this! ...Two years too late, I've only just seen this! The ring of daffodils was planted by Ella Hughes, nee Hammel, who owned Swordle Farm. Her parents lived at Swordle Bay House. The horse you mention was buried just below Coldstream and, I was told, is supposedly one of the reasons why the spring there is so health-giving. Rather suspect that it might in fact have more to do with the minerals.westernfalconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563547150266947840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-3457215457040912532014-05-16T16:58:04.274+01:002014-05-16T16:58:04.274+01:00I'm told that a horse wasn't buried where ...I'm told that a horse wasn't buried where the ring of flowers now bloom, but in the field below. The original arrangement did form a face. It was put there by the Hemmels, who owned Swordle Farm before it was bought by Ardnamurchan Estate. JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.com