Beauly’s Wych Elm
I was sad to read the following HES report on the ancient Wych Elm in the grounds of Beauly Priory. When I studied Landscape Architecure at the University of Edinburgh … Continue reading Beauly’s Wych Elm
Tag: Greyfriars Churchyard
A Big Burd
This description of the burial of Mrs Burd of Ford comes from the ‘Book of Scottish Anecdote’. A Scotch Ell was just over 37 inches, so the coffin was both … Continue reading A Big Burd
A gifted pioneer
Of the folk that I would have loved to have met, Robert Louis Stevenson would be first. Next would be Walter Scott. At this “impossible table” I would include one other: Colin McWilliam. … Continue reading A gifted pioneer
“Just doing, speaking, writing . . . “
Last Sunday we were in Edinburgh to meet a cousin of my mother’s but having arrived early had some time to wander. Twenty five years earlier, one of my first … Continue reading “Just doing, speaking, writing . . . “