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a flat tire;
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tire lever...
and broke
k. Much: to'
pride, the
it•till :the
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t Listowel,
e was telt-.
oads were.
livestock,
lly .donkey
really 'fine,
•e
ig "Galway"
e just what
ea,ere A ne
a
this Galway place . was , like, • We
struck the rockiest . and bleakest
' country we had yet seen `and ,, it
rained which • didn't help • matters
any. There was a' noisy circus
taking place, in the middle of the
town and that was the final blow
to our• preconceived. idea of Gal=
way. We, Jtastened on to Donegal
which was doing '.a flourishing
tourist business and from there
we cycled through the Barnse-.
• more, Gays to "Derry" 8s; every
one .calls Londonderry "Gays"
is the Irish word for a. •mountain
pass(and this one -;really was. The
mountains were heather covered
and •.very sibeautiftil with their
heads. shrouded' in black :.clouds.,
• It ' was . here that .: Margalmost
decided to leave;, Helen to ,finisli
the journey alone. We were rid-
ing along minding' our own busi-
ness when a very red-headed and
very, toothless Irishman stopped
T up -to -ask -the time .phis_ •..cbu_rse
led to the questions "Where are
you from and Where are.,you go-:
• _ing7" ` Finally, after about two
.minutes' he said, "I didn't want
to say anything sooner for •fear:
you' would think I was being too
hasty,. but I like .you ,.(pointing
to Marg), .better than her (point-
•in'g to Helen": 1 need a wife to
feed:' my pigs.' and chickens' and
to look: after my, house, so if you.
,will come .'down to -he shop
across . the . road,'. the, shdp :keeper
will 'I write • down our names and
'• fix everything". This left Marg
quite "flabbergasted `batt she: nian-
aged. ta beg off : gracefully and,
loin. Helen who was killing her-
self with laughter: about ' fifty
yards . up • the road. Needless to
say. Marg is never alIowed to'
forget ' her "offer".
We were. in Derry on 'August
12th which we discovered was
y s Da
".Derry.' Day" or "Orangemen's i mala r to, ,our July ,12th;
:only' it is celebrated' with con-
siderably more f'er'vour here.;
Signs, like "Down. with Eire" and
"L'ong. Live the King„ :were paint-
ed on the roads and walls. There
were .fireworks, flags and 'barids.
People • came for miles around' to;
'march through • thestreets with
fifes anddrumsand bagpipes and;,
ter drink a toast, ' or, for that mat-
ter, .several toasts .to King' • Wil-
liam. And just:for the day, the
sun shone.! •
•• Northern Ireland .wase quite dif
ferent• from. Eir.'e. From our :point
of view, the most • noticeable dife
ference.was ,the :fact that. in Eire,
,most of' the roads `event .around
._
the hills, 'bisyt.in`iJlstete the -roads -
went straight over the top of the
hills, .but. their surface was . very:
good indeed '
• The most noteable things to
u5 in Northern Ireland were:.. The
prosperous looking farms;. ; the
horrible smell of •retting flax; the
thriving arid' pretty. town of Dun-
(gannon with.names such; as' Hee-
kett and Me.naryen the shops.,
We wentto: see the Giant's
Causeway 'and .'.it ; looks.. • exactly
like its pictures,' but. the pictures
do not show- the milescramble.
down- the rocks and: hills to get
to .pit.,
Oh y, ese-Belfast was a little,.
•
Our •heart est. wishes
that. you' may enjoy a..
:,truly Merry Christmas.
and all the good`fortune
' .to make the New Year,
a happy. ane.
aALS '
rst
't
•
larger than the one with' which
we : were familiar andit had
about 8 miles ' of cobble streets
over . which .we bounced on our
bikes,
We sailed from ;Larne,. third
'class again, with more children'
dogs '`and baggage and;.witir'enet
an extra square inch of space.
We ''landed • at .Strarnaer, in Scot-
land around nine o'clock in the
evening and ':it was mighty cold!
We rode our bikes off the dock
and began' to. look for somewhere
to spend the night. We hadn't
gone .one\.:hundred yards :when
.Y Youth
'we `.dame /t+o a` Scottish ou h
llostel. Because we are members
Of the Canadian, Youth Hostels
Association we went•'in and were
heartily .welcomed. There . could
not 'have been a better way to
begina visit to Scotland:: a' warm
house, a glowing coal fire. in 'a
huge range,. hot:. Water . singing.
in .(big iron, kettles and aboive all
friendly epeople. _ e' were glad:
.that we had . come and .. we . felt,
as if we belonged. In the morn -'i
ing ' • we were` introduced to a
dandy Scottish custom. If you
make .° your way to :the bake -room
3.of the, local .bakery, you earl buy
hot ::rolls.., for 'a penny apiece.
What a wonderful way to :Start
the day! . •
The richest and most •prosper-
otts country We had yet encount
ered ,lay: before tat*:as we strug-
sled . along . against' the wind to
Ayr.' It reminded us of :Ontario,
'esp'ecially•' .around London, and'
Woodstock: A farmer, realizing
• at a :glance that. we' were :tour-.
fists,. suggested that •we (take. the
'high 'road to Ayr so: that , we,
•would pass by Robbie Burns', cot-
tag.:We.took his'suggestion and
hundreds of other people; hail, the-,
same ideal. Passing .through Ayr -I
,and heading northward, we went
by: Prest'wiek airport just as e
maiiiliner ;took: off... We
sent our best wishesback'' to
Canada .with: it! '
we :passed • :t hreug}: • Paisley;
'Glasgow aria '. Clydebank and l
',wereMighty glad when we . left 1
them behind . and: finally arrived
.at Loch Lomond:, Streets in these
cities'; were just:.•not .'meant 'for
bicycle riding! We spent a 'night
in .an old castle beside Loch ':Lo
mond and bele-we met 'the 'first'
Canadians we had $e'en• since• the
start of the trip. From ;there we
went up and "across "Rarinech
1Vf uii ' While Making- this trip. (we,
were invited by a carload . o f.
roeople to .stop and .have. tea with
therri. In England 'bed Scotland
everyththg stops for tea and we
were no'exeeption that day! We.
;;pent that night in Glencoe after
r,» .ineigot•ating down -hill i fide
from 1350, feet to sea level'he
Yotith Hostel at Glencoe, where
:'w.v ' . stayed, was right . beside the
field where the,"Massacre of the
MacDonalds' 'took .place.. It wasp.
t !.this Youth •Hostel that' we
learned, how. to Make: porridge
the proper' way!
As we rode along Loch Ness
y �c could io_t' think of anything
which we had seen that was more
beautiful, "Grandeur" is 'a ,good
word for. it; 'Stately' and digni=
vied were the purple heather'
covered hills ,and glens; end here
acid .; them? plantations of . pine
11C i1DVV, Ont. Frees Made a green break in the
purple and at 'the Ib;ottpm lay:
placid blue Loch Ness, It made'
us hum "The Road to the 'Isles"'
as we cycled along We Meant
to .take the Road to the Isles and ."
go to Kyle of Lochalsh but when
we reached Invergarry where the.
road branched, . we discovered
that, it was "up", or ,as we would
say, "under construction", By.
this tirne (our, poor(bicycles were
only halting together by :the
good': grace of the linen •string
v hich a11- eish-- rchants'-use-ta:_
'tie up, parcels, so we had to #ore
go. a trip to the. Isies and push
on towards' Inverness. We rept
hoping to see the Loch 'Ness.
monster, but we discovered later
that in order see : him one must
get dbwn on one's knee, say three
little words, (which weren't dis-
closed to us) ,turn around three.
times . (very quickly; then look,
and • to and behold --the monster
comes -up, winksand immediate
ly disappears, again.
It wat one o'clock on a Satur
day afternoon, when we headed
south from .Inverness Over the
Cairngorm Mountains. We had 30.
miles to go; a' mere -matter of.
about • three hour's, or. so, we
thought! But we .had not calcis-
lated 'o11. the velocity of: the wind
which was strong enough 'to blow
us off the road—which it did!
Three hours . later we found
ourselves exactly.•, ten miles '.from
Inverness and the wind .had add-
ed. rain t • its force. The count
ry
w'as very bleak here,;'nothing.iut•
heather; and; gnarled stumps .for
miles and here and •there ( a shep-
,herd's cottage was tucked under
a hill.. The only :living ; creature
we sawwas another cyclist .who
sailed by •us: ;going in the other
direction with the wind :pushing
him. He made Scene remark about
the hills. he had`j.ust crossed; so
we gave . up and were about
,ture back when a lorry . casne.
along' and.: bless his soul—pick
ed :us up. He was, going to G1,*'.
gew so 'we. decided to accompany
him, as far as. Perth which; ac=.
.cording to a tnilestene beside the
#'�EiGE THTRTEEt
and throughout the
New Year. May' you en-
joy, to the. fullest 'ell the'.'
happiness andr`good. cheer
• of the season.
.ac.Millan's
Butcher Shap; •
road,:' was 96 Miles away. Thus
'we saw, the highlands : of Scat -
land as we bounced • along on the
back of a lorry, and an awe-
inspiring sight they: were! As. We
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