A question of money

[fortcollinsjerry]

. In a really good year the house would earn enough to almost cover its heating bill...

I had a chuckle at this comment. I got fairly close to one owner who neded to install central heating in his castle, so he contracted it out to a local outfit which gave a bid on the job. Problem is the contractor failed to recognize they would have to drill through 4 foot thick stone walls to complete the job. The heating went in finally (four months over schedule) but the company went broke.

That castle, BTW, has a few rented out bedrooms to local professionals.

About 25 years ago I was on another tour when we stopped at another lived in Castle that set on a harbor of some kind in the north. The tour guide related that the building next to the castle was the spot where the allied Commanders planned and mapped out the invasion of Europe. The harbor was deep enough for the Supreme Commnaders to be brought in by Sub. I thougth that was really a neat piece of history. We got to tour the ground floor of the main castle and I remember all the mideval weapons hung on the walls.