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[sumi]

I've been working on and off over the least year on my blog about my experiences living in Ireland and things I find cool here, like the castles and other amazing places, as well as tips for travellers and immigrants. If anyone's interested in following along: https://www.inmyireland.com

 

[NH Homesteader]

He probably just had bad luck! He is also very Italian and if you know Italians, their definition of friendly is mildly suffocating to some of us, lol!

 

[CrealCritter]

Here's a photo I took of the wildlife while hiking the Ozark Trail. Almost the whole time I felt like we were being watched (you know the feeling). I knew there were bears, I couldn't see them or hear them but I could smell them at times and there was no mistaking the piles of bear crap and prints we saw while on the trail.

My son and I stopped to take a breather at the top of a 400' summit. I snapped a bunch of pics while we took a rest. This was one of the pictures I discoved after we got home. This bear was no more than 20' away from us when I snapped this pic. Yep it confirmed my suspicion we were being watched after all.

 

[CrealCritter]

Just trying to wrap my head around how you would roof that is giving me a headache. I mean ok I understand the hips and vallies on the ends of the rectangle but I do not at all understand the hips and vallies of the 4 center peices. It's a qeometry puzzle and it's making by brain hurt... The only thing I can visualize is the center of the roof must have been another story but then the chimneys make absolutely no sense at all.

Or...

Perhaps is was just one huge flat roof slopped to shed water but I see nowhere that the water would escape.

The roof is a mystery... I bet I could spend a week in that castle just getting a feel for how the put a lid on it old buildings amaze me... Yeah sure it's just a huge rectangle but the roof sure ain't.

I can hear the guys that built this place saying. Ok we laid the last stone. Now how do you propose we put a roof on this thing? Well we go to the Caledonia Forest and fell the largest of trees. We then drag them out with oxen all the way back here. Ok brains... And how do we lift them into place??? You gotta remember these guys didn't have cranes back then. It was nothing but brute strength and smarts that build that.

It makes me want to cry looking at the state of disrepair it's in now though. Such a magnificent building should have been preserved for all to marvel.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Ooh cool! Except it'll depress me that I'm not there!

 

[sumi]

Come visit then!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Awesome!

 

[CrealCritter]

Just one question - how in the world would a person frame up a roof to cover this?

 

[sumi]

He probably just had bad luck! He is also very Italian and if you know Italians, their definition of friendly is mildly suffocating to some of us, lol!

The Irish are reserved, so if you're too friendly… I can understand that!

 

[CrealCritter]

I wish I could tell you… I was in there, in that castle, had a wonderful time too, but didn't pay much attention to the remains of the roof and didn't take pics. I did notice on some ruins that I explored that they built roof beams into the walls to anchor them. I'll see about getting some pics for you in future. Sadly most of these old places are roofless now.

Just trying to wrap my head around how you would roof that is giving me a headache. I mean ok I understand the hips and vallies on the ends of the rectangle but I do not at all understand the hips and vallies of the 4 center peices. It's a qeometry puzzle and it's making by brain hurt... The only thing I can visualize is the center of the roof must have been another story but then the chimneys make absolutely no sense at all.

Or...

Perhaps is was just one huge flat roof slopped to shed water but I see nowhere that the water would escape.

The roof is a mystery... I bet I could spend a week in that castle just getting a feel for how the put a lid on it, old buildings amaze me... Yeah sure it's just a huge rectangle but the roof sure ain't.