Category: Scotland

More Good Finds at The Postcard Club Meeting

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2019_05_05_16_22_39.pdf015Sankaty Head on Nantucket Island Massachusetts

There was no message on this card but the printing style is old – ear;ly 20th century?  I visited this spot many summers in the early 1950’s.  A favorite.   One summer when I was staying in Siasconset I met a young and lonely coastguardsman  who liked to hook rugs – a passion we shared on that beautiful bluff.  Sounds like the beginning of a story set in 1850, not 1950.

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Lighthouse in Machias Maine written in July1909.  A good friend of 80+ years lives in Machias.

2019_05_05_16_28_44.pdf011Lighthouse in Stranraer  Scotland

Day 25 – Edinburgh

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She had a morning of sightseeing – Edinburgh Castle, along the King’s Mile, St. Giles Cathedral, Holyrood Palace.  She shopped in the afternoon with the DeLongs.  She walked back along George’s Street.  After dinner she played bridge with Lois, Lib, and Mr. Lewis, with the Dr. and Mr.Thomas looking on.  She drank beer.  She gambled with the Beatons.  She had a whiskey so she felt very happy.

KNOX-John1John Knox – Leader of the Scottish Reformation

 

Day 24 – Monday – July 2 – Loch Awe – Stirling – Edinburgh

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On the road again.  From Loch Awe they went to Lochearnhead, stopped and walked around.  Libby took photos of Scottish bicyclists wearing kilts.  Drove through Woodsey hilly country.  like the Trossachs.  Saw the edge of Rob Roy country.  Came down to flatter country.  Stopped at Strathyre Hotel for fair lunch.

At Stirling they walked around the castle which had become a barracks.  Pretty little gardens.  Saw the room where Douglas was stabbed, the William Wallace Monument.  Had a good tea at the Golden Lion – sandwiches, scones, cookies, cakes.  Saw Allyn  from the east.  Stopped at the Fprth Bridge – magnificent span.

Arrived Edinburgh.  Walked down Prince’s Street, attractive things in the windows , people good-looking and well dressed.  Sight-seeing King Arthur’s seat. Holyrood, the Castle.  Strolled back to the hotel.  Played bridge and ate candy.

Old Photograph Station Hotel Strathyre Scotland

Old Station Hotel. Strathyre

 

Stirling Castle    Stirling Castle

 

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Forth Bridge

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