Peter, my husband is reading – A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland – which was written by Samuel Johnson in the mid 1700s when he and Boswell toured Scotland and each wrote their personal accounts of the country and people north of the England/Scotland border. The book is full of interesting references – [...]
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Off to America?
Posted in Clans, Clearances, tagged Emigration to north America on September 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Highland Games in Scotland 2010
Posted in Clans, Piping, Uncategorized, tagged Highland Games on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just thought you might be interested to see when the dates of Highland Games are this year. Take a look at:- http://www.albagames.co.uk/
The Campbells
Posted in Clans, tagged Campbells, Food, Inverary Castle on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A note came in from Jane Young the Manager at Inverary Castle the Scottish home of the Duke of Argyll who is the Chief of Clan Campbell. They are holding Highland Games in Inverary in July and you can find the information on their website. Inverary is a small highland town on the shore of [...]
Guests -2009
Posted in Clans, Unusual!!!! on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I heard from B.D. Marshall this morning. He came with his wife and two sons from Texas and we hired a car for him to tour Scotland to check up on the Clan Keith sites. Yes he managed the driving fine – but he found my car a bit on the small side when I collected [...]
The Gathering 2009 Commemorative Packs
Posted in Clans on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To find out about these Commemorative packs go to:- thegathering2009.com.
View of the Gathering from a US visitor
Posted in Clans, People on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The whole 2 weeks that we were there, we experienced a tremendous amount of sincere friendliness. We even had several people refuse to take our tips after they knew that we were there for The Homecoming. I wore my Homecoming shirts and my Scot/US flag pin every day. We never asked but frequently got discounts because [...]
Figures from the Gathering
Posted in Clans on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
taken from The Scotsman newspaper: IN NUMBERS 47,000 The number of people who came through the gates to watch the Highland Games in Holyrood Park 20,000 Estimated crowd that lined the Royal Mile to watch the parade of clan members on Saturday. 124 Number of clans and societies represented at The Gathering over the weekend. [...]
Douglas Clan Guide
Posted in Clans, People on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received this photo from a guest in the USA who is just back home and who enjoyed the Douglas Clan tour last week. They are with their guide Jim Fleming and his wife Jeanette. Jim is the curator of the Douglas Museum and this was taken at Stirling Castle?
What a weekend! 25 and 26th July 2009
Posted in Clans, Scotland on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have had a great week welcoming visitors from overseas. Members of the Livingstone/McLea Clan and members of the Douglas Clan before the weekend and then many for the Clan Gathering event itself who were going to tour Scotland afterwards. As I write we have visitors staying in Inverness, Thurso, Edinburgh and Liverpool! and others [...]
Texan visitors arrive in Edinburgh
Posted in Clans, tagged Clans, Texas on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I met Texan guests yesterday at the airport. BD is a principal of the Clan Keith Society of America and he and his family are visiting Keith sites in the north of Scotland. They arrived on a Continental flight from Newark but started out from Texas so had been travelling for 12 hours and were obviously [...]
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