Fred’n’Sue’s Peregrinations

…… the subject is the light …..

House of Waterford – well that wasn’t planned

The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley (thanks Rabbie)

Wet and dreary this morning – not whether it is going to rain, just how much it is going to rain.

So SWMBO decided that a tour of Waterford Crystal sounded interesting 😊 and dry…

Such a pity that it was wet – as we drove in to Waterford several attractive murals stood out – this one across the street from the House of Waterford.

And a little of irish history – the hope was that a Free Ireland would be for both Protestant and Catholic – hence the orange and the green of the Irish tricolour . . .

Waterford showroom – you could do some serious damage to a credit card in here – surprisingly little apparent security

The tour took us through all steps of the crystal production process, from blowing to cutting and engraving. Cutting apprenticeship only, is 8 years plus a two year arts degree.