A couple of weeks ago we spent an afternoon out at Barony Mill near Birsay. This is still a working mill in the winter months, producing beremeal and flour for a local bakery and shops. In the summer it is opened up for visitors. Beremeal flour is also available for purchase from the mill. Of course I came away with some of its fine oatmeal and beremeal to try out in some Orkney recipes. More can be found about Barony Mill here.
We had a wonderful guided tour which culminated in the setting off of the waterwheel which set in motion the millstones and the machinery of the mill. These are some of the photo's from our visit.
As you can see it was a beautiful sunny day
An old mill stone
Some of the ironwork
The waterwheel in action ... and the lovely little waterway the water ends up in.
I wish I'd managed to get some internal shots that were good enough to post, but I was so engaged with listening to the excellent tour guide that I forgot to get some photos until near the end. Then they were so rushed that they are not worth publishing. We will be going again though, as it is a wonderful place to look around.
Oh I love the tour around the mill! Last time a went (a couple of years ago) it was just me and a visitor friend and we had such a lovely time. Must more visitors back there!
ReplyDeleteWe were the only visitors for the first part of our visit too. Another car turned up just as we were finishing. The guide was fantastic and it's such a nice place to visit.
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