Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-06-07
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trip from York lands us in
the land of Robbie Burns and
Sir Walter Scott. The Scott
ish country is in full bloom
and the farms are master
pieces of precision planting.
One has a good feeling at the
sight of the pink-cheeked
youngsters who seem the hap
piest we have seen since Hol-
land.
Edinburgh is a bustling and
vigorous city of about half a
million of the healthiest look
ing people you ever saw. This
is a rail center and seaport as
well and the Caledonia Hotel
is a comfortable and we'll kept
establishment with a seeming
ly inexhaustable supply of tea
and Scotch whiskey. Ease and
comfort are the order of the
day.
Our good friend, Paterson,
whom we mentioned in an
earlier article, arrives to
greet us shortly after our ar
rival and is accompanied by
his lifelong friend, John Watt.
Paterson has his car and sug-
gests a motor trip which sug-
gestion is Immediately latch
ed onto by Sam and me.
After a refreshing overnight
snooZe, four of us take off to
the Scottish highlands to the
northwest on a half sunny,
half rainy morning.
Our trip takes us through
snow capped mountains along
Loeb Lomond and Loeb Tay.
We pass Ben Venue, and Ben
Nevis and dream of the stag
at eve. Here are the highland
cattle and shaggy sheep. The
cattle are comical brutes and
are as Unconditional as men,
bers of a New York social
club. 1t is also lambing time
and black faced lambs romp
everywhere. Whole families
of Scots are seen in the fields
as it is potato planting time
in Scotland. The Scots raise
fine potatoes and seed pota-
toes find a ready m k t
all over the world.
We stop along the way at
a tiny hotel for a nip of
Scotch favored with unrefin-
ed beet sugar and served pip
ing hot in heavy glass mugs.
This drink is purely medicinal
and is very popular with both
sexes as a Warmer-upper on
chilly days. We then push on
through the magnificent high
lands where we see the old
castles of the clans of Scot
land standing against the hori-
zon high up on the hills.
We spend the night at the
North Sea hotel at Arbroath,
Paterson's home town. The ho-
tel is delightful with fires
burning in the fireplaces. The
hotel is situated on the hill
beside the water and our
rooms look out on the North
Sea far below. 1t is as coZy
as the inside of a muff here
and one likens the place to
something out of story book
We recommend the North
Sea hotel to all especially
since we have a steak dinner
par excellence plus a stout
Scottish breakfast together
with our lodging (hot water
bottle included) for one pound
and four! (S3.36 Americana
Aye, lads and lassies, this is
the life!
Paterson is pleased, we feel
and we shall never forget his
kindness and the kindness oi
John Watt, as bonnie a Scot
as ever same through the rye
John Watt was chief engine,
er for 80 years for Cunarc
Steamship Lines before his re-
tirement last year. He has
been to every port in the
world and can spin a yarr
that makes you want to graf
the next boat to Singapore ol
Jakarta or Port Said.
Back to Edinburgh in the
morning after a look at th'
Arbroath newspaper plant
Sam took a little side trip tina
we hated to miss. He wen
over to the st. Andrews gol
course and gave it a lookmi
over. He says that the Roya
and Ancient is everything tha
il should be.
And so we entrain for Glas
Cow and Liverpool in tn
gathering darkness. This tim
we have individual compart
ments on the train which is
relief to both Sam and me IN
asmuch as we have bee
breathing in each others face
for several weeks. We arriv
happily at Glasgow and ate
a short look around, c)imE q
board for Liverpool and some
Liverpool is a big and bt,stlin
port which has been tied IN
knot due to a tugman's strike
The strike ends for a day @
two and we are lucky enoug