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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25th, , 1965;
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCK.NOW, ONTARIO
PAGE FIVE,
Ow. Trio Enoyng. Irip. 4br�� d,
Mary Peng Her Comments Qn Scotland
The .Sentinel, upon,;,re nest, has ' Sailing Was very, smooth.' until
received the following., letter from Friday evening when We began
Mary Macintyre of Lucknow, to rock a little; but dinner seemed
whowh, along witty.. Marian Reav,e to settle us," Meals . were served
end Audrey Ross, both formerly in elegant style • at' 9, • 1:30. a
' pf this .. area, is on an overseas 7:45 and" tea at 10 a.m., 4 p.
tour.', 1.1 p m., so far, from • starvati . .
We received' the letter just be= •Saturclay morning` assed the
ore out* holidays and as a result p p
f � ti , of Labrador.' on the north 'and',
this is the flrst opportunity: to pub. Newfoundland on .the ,south thru'.
lish it.' •' '
• • the Straits of ' Belle, Isle :and saw.
Sounds ars. tnsugh ' the .girls are the Iast ..,land until.'
having a�"go4d timet: - we pass Ire"
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land, and "saw our first. ice burg,.
Sinrce
, this letter We receiveda mostly white but a few black.;
card from. Mary at which time The The weather was foggy and very
she' was touring London. cold. Ship was rougher and some
Blairgourie, . Scotland, Were sea . sick .but our strong. con
' • July 19, 1965 'stitutions.kept ushail and hearty:
Dear Drop, and Bev. Saturday night was. ' Gala Night
Greetings to all. the Lucknow with balloons ,'and hats,• fancy
and far. afield.. Sentinel readers. dress parade,` very good' cost-.
This will briefly be in outline of nines, ,dancing and .sing song un -
our trip to Bluirgourie. til the wee small hours. To add:
.On Thursday, July 8th we em- to the Gala Night `our Steward
• barked our, ship; S.S.imr
press ofbrought a ,,,Wee white . mouse to
England : in Montreal harbour • at . w ME! • • •
approximately:9 a.m. ' after a On Sunday we attended the
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eight hour train trip. Afterbeing church service then life at sea
dwected to our cabin', we welcomed went on as usual. Sunday it was..
a Bill .course• breakfast.' servedin dull and cool but ,Mondaybrought
a luxurious dining . room., While the sun so we 'were ;able to lounge
waiti}ng for' our .ship to set ' sail , in our ' `deck. 'chairs,What
,� 2 n •we 'Wiredthe
.•a,Iux-
t 12 nob . t _ .. Ship try- • urious' -
. aA• Y way of hie. We were tak-
ing to acquaint ourselves ,with en on a tour of the kitchen .also,
the labryath of confusing corrid- the navigator's bridge 'which was.
ors, The ship weighs 25,585 tons is very, . complicated but interesting.
.640 feet long and has ..a 85 foot The evenings were always • full, of
beam, has a crew of 465 and car- entertainment "' even. to' . an • Atlan
ries '.approximately 40.00 ,,passen- tic: Derby.'BY" late. Tuesday after
gars, : noon all . passengers disembark -
As. we set sail from Montreal ing at Greenock were advised to
harbour which • is the 2nd largest have ' their luggage read by 5
inland: harbour in the 'World .we. p.m. This brought:a real rush' as
were :serenaded by martial mus- everyone tried to • organize and
lc• (martial :or marshall whichever 'use the laundry..ni
night One'We.'de-
' is .correct), as multi'coloured tic
keyed tapes'were hurled. to :`and
from the ship. This proved .to be
a very thrilling experience, for us ,
but for, some, very sad
'The: ship . is fabulous with facil-.
Ries ' as,. on'. land .. such as dining
writing, . drawing, . ball rooms, lits
nary, swimniit►g pool, children
playroom, ironing and washing
•: facilities," cinema, elevators;
games such as shuffle' -:board, .
bull board, badminton; table ten-
:nisi
ten-:nisi bingo, cards, dancing as . well'
as• fraternal getto-gethers:.
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in :to. Greenock on the, tender:
After` clearing customs we
boarded the train • to '.Glasgow
This was another experience just
as pictured in' "Petticoat junc-
tion". An 'acquaintance from Ab-
erdeen whom we ,met on board
ship was kind enough, to sit. with
us in our 6. seatcompartriient and
he . acted as a guide., The country,
side was very, picturesque with
its quaint villages, tunnels: -and
stations. We marvelled at the lov-
ly flowers , along the way, and• a-
round these stations. When, we
arrived in '.Glasgow the weather
was' cold '> and bleak.' We' found
the" Glaswegians most. hospitable
and friendly. I phoned .a friend •of
McNaughtons who invited us for
tea. Tea proved to be •a 'lovely
meal. After Mr.. and • Mrs.. Hardie
took us on, a tour of • the city then
we 'returned for • tea again. We
certainly appreciated, such ..kind-
ness as they showed "us . on our
first night. m;•. Glasgow.
Thursday morning Mr. Hardie`
phoned to wish .us Bon Voyage:
Then we nervously picked up onr
car with right hand drive,. floor
gear shift and .:bucket• seats then
away we' went 'dowel the left°,han..
side of the road!. We were' then
on the "Road' ` to The .Isle" . via
Luis . along. Loch Lomond. Luss is
said to' be the prettiest . village in
Scotland .sand. we readily' agree.
Loch Lomond is very` bonny' and;
beautiful: We'followed Loch Lo-
mond , to '':Tarbet, ;then cut across
to Ft. William ' on Loch' Linnhe
where we spent the .night. Prom.
here we went . to Mallaig: to catch
the, ferry ..to the Isle of Skye., Thee
roads to this'point have been very
narrow ' one lane with :passing
places provided so,' we. drove , at
hair raising speeds of 10-40 miles:
per hour.; The scenery his •rang
bated -about staying' up' , to * see a ed. from ' beautiful flowers, multi
sunrise at' sea but fortunately we
decided against it as the 'sun •nev
er did shine ::that' j day It some-
times . rises . as • early as 4 a m...
We disembarked the ship to board, nonchalantly at .roadside 'and '.wan-,.
the tender at'%1 a.m.. to be ;taken Bering on roads.
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shades of ' green foliage, • purple.
heather patched hills, mountains,
clifts, stone; hedges and fences,
highland . "cattle, sheep' grazing
into Gre nock . harbour. We re- Froin Mallaig ` we • boarded. the
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rtree. The roads :became ' even
worse ,and the: countrysidewasmuch, more: baren, .:mountainous
We .saw . thatched roofs, ;women,
forking , hay 'into hay.' : stacks or..
various shapes, and, peat in its
original form.. Wherever we : ':go
we see sheep and cattle: on or a-
= long the road, stone hedges people
out walking. . some with ,,packs: on
their backs.'. On our way to. Port
ree, trying to bethree considerate
Canadian girls; we pulled off the
shoulder, to • prevent .:a bus from
'going.' *down : an' abrupt embank-
ment. The humorous part is that
we hugged a tar covered tile so
tightly that we couldn't :move with,
out scratching our car; 'sa ;all of
a sudden • all •kinds of help, appear-
ed;.
ppear-
ed,•highway patrol van, first one
we .had seen, helpful motorist, am-
bulance, bus . & numerous cars.
Traffic ' was a bit. halted • until '3
men gently lifted the car away
from the :tile •then away we went
again.
'From Portree we ,: had' to .re-
travel
e-travel part ,of this road to cross
on the ferry to Lochalsh, then • we:
went on ;to Inverhuron via, Kin -
tail ' and . along' numerous ' Lochs.
Some lochs ' portrayed perfect
mirrcir like • refiectigns. Along
Loch Ness 'we watched constantly
for the , Loch Ness Monster. .• A
gentleman told us later in the day
that.; it has always • been on . a Sat-
urday night when it was seen. and
this was Saturday.: At, 'one point.
along this. route we saw a motor
ist with a broken and badly :shat-
tered windshield. There were
numerous .signs' "Watch For Fall-.
ing Rock" :Inverness is very pret-
ty but didn't impress me as, much
as 1 had anticipated after the
poem "When I Set Out For Inver•':
tress.?
We spent Saturday night with?:
a very kind Scottish couple and.
their daughter near Nairn. Satur-
day night We . went to Nairn to
hear the •bag pipesand see the
Scottish dancers. The• whole town
and countryside seemed' to' turn..
out for this entertainment: Many
of the men wear kilts, We did so
enjoy bur stay with these people.
As we • left they and an English
couple were out to Wave .farewell:
as it we 'were three of the family.
to attended St. Giles Church of_
Scotland in Elginafter passing
through Kinloss, This ,proved to
be quite ' a thrill for us as Prin-
cess Alexandria and her.. husband
were, there. After church we went
to see the Gordonstown':' School,
near : Duffus which Prince ' Charles'
attends: Our luck '•continued! We
had been told that we would only.
catch a .glimpse- of. it. from the
gate but the gate was open and we
drove . right to ' the school and
have pictures to prove it,
From Elgin wewendedOur way
to ' Aberdeen arriving there.. Sun-
day afternoon. The' countryside is,
much ' more , prosperous looking
than on the west coast, sheep,..
cattle, horses and enclosed fields,
also ' our first .:sign ofd pigs. Isere
haying operations are more mech..
anized. On our way ; to` Aberdeen
we ` visited .600 •.year. year. old 'Pitcaple
Castle, near Inverurie ` with its
massive rooms `'andfurnishings'
and hanging ;chamber — the gal
Flow has . 'been . removed. It' is • an
eerie . building .but Still' inhabited
by ' a couple. ` In , Aberdeen where
most of the buildings are of •gran-
ite, : I. visited Mrs: Munro' : (Mrs..
Harvey :Hall's' mother) and found
her quite well, ''It was . nice :to, see'
someone I knew' who 'had • been in
Lucknow. We also visited our ship.
beard friend and had _tea.. The
original' . • house ;had been - bombed
on a day .'. when • '300. people were
killed and is now replaced by a
circular apartment like building.
Throughout; Scotland' .'there` ..are
many hopes referred to as oun-'
cit ;homes., • ,
From here we went to Balmor-
al Castle. after we went through
Kincardine and . were . 'able to tour
the gardens as there was no roy-
alty . in residence. • Wecouldn't;
miss this. opportunity to have our
picture 'takent•on the steps where
the Queen has, so . •many . taken,
The flowers.;. especially the roses,
are just in bud .so will be beauti-
ful *hen the Queen arrives in a
fortnight. After Balmoral we'
stopped for . lunch • ; in Braemar
where < 'the famous •Highland
'Games are. held, then , travelled ,
flirt* the Oairngerm • Hills .where
the Cairngorm . , stone. orinates.
This road :proved to be the worse.
yet ."Devil's Elbow" and it cer-
tainly was I had the misfortune,
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patrol . men. gave : us . a drink of
fresh spring water as we 'near-.
ed :the bottom of . this hill. ,:At:
Devil's Elbow we. were ' 2199 feet
above' sea level , and on the high-
est public road in .Great Britain.
This has proved . to be a very
scenic ' route with its purple \hea-
ther massed hills, deep . ravines
aix! 'hills.
To -night we .:are staying out-
side of, Blairgourie We have .
side of Blairgourie. We have found.
the- guest :homes very pleasant .:&'
have been able to- visit; with other •
tourists, & the food very good ' in
these.. • To -morrow we plan to
visit ` Mrs: McNaughton's father, .
travel along . a • series of five:
lochs .and see > ,Beech Hedges..;,In
my • next : letter: I'll 'give more de-
tails of our trip' from here.
Scotland is rely ;a land' of hos-
pitality and :taciturn people, var
ied; scenery Lochs . ;hills, moun-
tains; glens, shrubbery, beautiful
flowers ';,:especially roses (Much
sturdier and " bigger than ours in
Canada;:. ' sheep, :.;highland cattle,
pigs, 'chickens,horses, stone.. bed-
ges and fences, .thatched roof cot-
tages,
ottages, castles, : scenic ;roads'; (I
must. Gadd' . that : the roads from.
Lochalsh to Braemar were much.
better on •a two ':lane highway
there : were :,:three cars- abreast). •
and quaint bridges (at one ' Point
theroad was one' half -.and the
railroad: :track the other.. half).:. I'
must add too ;that my Scottish
blood has really stirred when 'I've
been hearing the bag pipes every
day ' except to -day. If the rest of
our vacation proves: as pictures-
que°„and'. enjoyable -as Scotland we
will really . feel that it has been a
Well :. spent` vacation. The sunny:
weather::•has followed us through-
out' except in.. Aberdeen. • On our '
way to Blairgourie , we. ' had our.
only sign .of. rain about r/ ;dozen..
drops.
• cheerio,•'
Mary. •
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