The desk where Robert Burns wrote

We spent much of last week in Dumfries and Galloway in the south-west of Scotland. We've visited this area many times, but there are still new places to explore. Ellisland Farm was the home for Robert Burns for just a few years from 1788, but was the place where he wrote many of his most famous pieces including Tam O'Shanter. It's a very impressive museum, with plans to extend and develop it to preserve the built heritage and to further celebrate the legacy of Robert Burns. 

Here is the desk where Burns sat to write much of his work 

while the kitchen is preserved much as it would have been back in Burns' day, including with a cookery book open at a page with a recipe for curry!  

Entry to the museum costs £6.00 and includes an introductory talk and a video, after which you're left to your own devices to explore. You can join the Ellisland Trust for £20, which gives you free entry to the museum and other benefits. 

You can see more photos from Ellisland on my Crafty Green Poet blog.