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A Fantastic weekend away with our friends Carol and Kevin. We used Cambridge as a base to tour National Trust properties.
Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire.
The National Trust for Scotland.
A listed.
The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century – some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I lived there as a child.
Following the Battle of Otterburn in 1390, it ceased to be a royal stronghold and instead fell into the possession of five successive families – Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith – each of whom added a new tower to the castle. The oldest of these, the Preston tower, dates to between 1390 and 1433. The impressive Seton tower forms the entrance, and was erected in 1599 by Alexander Seton. The Gordon tower followed in 1778 and the Leith tower in 1890.
Following Victorian trends, the grounds and adjoining Loch Fyvie were landscaped in the 19th century. The Scottish industrialist Alexander Leith (later Baron Leith of Fyvie) bought the castle in 1885. It was sold to the National Trust for Scotland in 1984 by his descendants.
Members of the NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia, Spanish contingent, take part in Exercise Baltic Trust on August 25, 2025 at the training area in Selonia, Latvia.
Photo Credit: Corporal Jessey Gagné, NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Imagery Technician.
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Erddig, near Wrexham. A National Trust property.
Cragside is a Victorian Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun, Armstrong also displayed his inventiveness in the domestic sphere, making Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. The estate was technologically advanced; the architect of the house, Richard Norman Shaw, wrote that it was equipped with "wonderful hydraulic machines that do all sorts of things". In the grounds, Armstrong built dams and lakes to power a sawmill, a water-powered laundry, early versions of a dishwasher and a dumb waiter, a hydraulic lift and a hydroelectric rotisserie. In 1887, Armstrong was raised to the peerage, the first engineer or scientist to be ennobled, and became Baron Armstrong of Cragside.
In 1977, the house was acquired by the Trust with the aid of a grant from the National Land Fund. A Grade I listed building since 1953, Cragside has been open to the public since 1979.
Images from the two night dinner event for Trust America with Jeb Bush. Joel Silverman Photography, serving the Denver Metro area.
KILLIE TRUST
Mission and Objectives
Our Mission
“To promote, develop and support Kilmarnock FC and sport in the community”
Through membership from the supporters of Kilmarnock FC, we will aim to provide direct and indirect influence over the running of the football club, ensuring the opinions of the supporters are considered before decisions are made by the board of directors at the club.
We will create and develop a working relationship with the people and organisations responsible for the day to day running and long-term planning of Kilmarnock Football Club.
The need to continue to strengthen the bonds of our relationship with the club and interests of Ayrshire can only benefit the needs of all concerned. The Trust will also strive to benefit present and future members of the community by promotion, encouragement and furthering the sport of football in Ayrshire. In the long term, this also includes helping to further the sport at our national and international level.
The Trust will also encourage Kilmarnock FC to take proper account of the interests and safety of its supporters and the community in which the club serves when decisions of such matters are made.
At all times, the Trust will respect the rights of all members of the community served by the club and will strive to provide information to the people of Ayrshire and conduct the Trust affairs in accessible and appropriate ways.
Our Objectives
The Killie Trust has eight Clear Objectives in its constitution, which it will continue to deliver upon as the business moves forward:
1. To strengthen the bonds between the Club and the community which it serves and to represent the interests of the community in the running of the Club;
2. To benefit present and future members of the community served by the Club by promoting encouraging and furthering the game of football as a recreational facility, sporting activity and focus for community involvement;
3. To further the development of the game of football nationally and internationally and the upholding of its rules;
4. To encourage the Club to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and of the community it serves in its decisions;
5. To encourage and promote the principle of supporter representation on the board of any company owning or controlling the Club and ultimately to be the vehicle for democratic elections to the board;
6. To promote, develop and respect the rights of members of the community served by the Club and people dealing with the Society as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, having regard in particular to the need to provide information to members and conduct the affairs of the Society in accessible and appropriate ways;
7. To encourage Society members who are Club shareholders to assign their proxy vote to the Society;
8. To promote and support Youth Development within the district of Ayrshire, for the future benefit of Kilmarnock Football Club.