l know that I haven't posted for a few days, but it's hard to find a wi-fi connection in the highlands of Scotland. More on that later. We're in the borderlands now and are in a wonderful hotel in Lockerbie. I promise to do a lot of catchup over the next few days. In the meantime . . .
Grams, Big Guy, Marian and Emlyn headed off to the Costco in Chester. They invited me along, but I wanted to spend time with Bronwyn and the child. We frolicked in the field just down the lane. Well, Declan frolicked while Bronwyn and I sat and watched him.
Grams came back glowing about the size of the Costco. “It’s huge!” she exclaimed. “It’s bigger than the one back home!” They were there for hours. Then, they went on to Liverpool to the Slavery Museum.
They were all very moved by the experience. The museum just opened and like all museums in Britain, it’s free. They have a recreation of an African village and all kinds of interaction exhibits. Big Guy said that the most amazing was the graphic of the slave ships over the centuries. The exhibit showed the goods that were traded. Guns and other weapons to Africa. Slaves to Europe and the New World. Cotton, dye and other dry goods back to Britain. It was an endless circle of misery. They had the numbers of people sold into slavery for each 100 year period of the slave trade. Of course, in addition to the millions sold into slavery, about ½ of them died on the voyage. At the end, there was a 2-person enactment of the real-life escape of two slaves to the north and then to Britain in the 1850s.
I guess you could say that it was a sobering experience. I wouldn’t say that they ‘enjoyed’ it, but they were edified by it.
In the meantime, Bronwyn, the child and I sat on the patio at Gwel Y Gorwel and watched the sun set over the Irish sea. Nature was very obliging and gave me a few delicious shots. I'll post them tomorrow.
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