The Fair Maid of Perth
The Fair Maid of Perth [a famous road to]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Posts that relate to this film: To see … Continue reading The Fair Maid of Perth
Tag: Walter Scott
Wallace Road
What follows is some of the archive material that I found that relates to the WALLACE Road: the ancient high road through the Ochil hills:
‘So humble, so lacking in egotism’
I recently suggested to my friend Ian that I would like to find a gate that I had come across a photograph of in the Canmore archive. I felt a … Continue reading ‘So humble, so lacking in egotism’
To see what Scott saw
The Fair Maid of Perth: To play this short film please click here or on the image above.
Cleikum Inn
The Cleikum Inn, near Auchentiber, is marked on the 1860 Ordinance Survey map on the right hand side of the road near Bentfauld farm. The 1895 does not name it … Continue reading Cleikum Inn
Dunbuy
Dunbuy rock, with its distinctive natural arch, is to be found just beyond Cruden Bay on a promontory reaching out into the North Sea. As a medical student, after visiting … Continue reading Dunbuy
“Every word I think of does not seem enough”
I am not religious but in coming across this gravestone by chance on Tuesday, I found myself tearful. The grave is in Clunyhill Cemetery, Forres, and the words are by … Continue reading “Every word I think of does not seem enough”
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sixty years since they were buried in the graveyard sixty years since they were loved.