Couple reviving Ayrshire salt-making complete huge new tower of thorns

Master Salter and founder of Blackthorn Salt Gregorie Marshall throws salt, for good luck, during the 'topping out' ceremony of the new salt graduation tower on the coast at Ayr - (PA)

A husband and wife duo on the Ayrshire coast are significantly expanding their efforts to revive a historic salt-making tradition, with the completion of a new, imposing graduation tower.

Gregorie and Whirly Marshall, founders of Blackthorn Salt, are celebrating the topping out of their second such structure, which is filled with thousands of blackthorn bushes.