Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-06-01
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LOCHEARNHEAD, SCOT
LAND - The trip up here
from Ayr through the Robbie
Burns country is something to
behold in that the mountains
get higher and higher and the
lakes or lochs get larger and
larger. Beautiful country real
ly and as full of romance as
one can imagine. Some snow
here and there on the mount
ain tops stands as proof of the
fierce winters these people ex-
perience. The highlands are
dotted with the Scottish black
face sheep and the long-hair-
ed Scottish cattle. These ami
mails barely ever see the in
side of a barn and usually stay
out the year around which
fact accounts, we are told, for
their luxuriant if somewhat
shaggy appearance. 1t is from
the Scottish black-face sheep
that the crinkly soft blankets
are made from. The kilt is an
ordinary thing here and we
see a great many males, both
young and old, wearing this
honest Scottish dress. The lit
tie boys look especially we'll
in these outfits but it is still
a state secret as to what they
wear under them! Suffice to
say that this is one of the
best-kept secrets in the world!
Our hotel is called, quite
naturally, the "Lochearnhead"
and is run by Mr.. and Mrs.
Cameron. "a young couple
with a job on their hands
since the hotel Is quite large
for this part of the country.
Oddly, many of the Scottish
hotels are stated by French
girls who come here for the
summer months when the
tourists are in full bloom.
When the season ends, these
attractive people go back to
France for the rest of the year
much as our college kids do
who have jobs in our resorts.
Another thing that struck us
as being quite different is the
fact that a lot of hotels have
manageress instead OF a
manager. Must be that the
women are more efficient than
the men when it comes to this
sort of thing.
The Scots are a great bunch
and we hear a story concern
ing a recent wedding party at
which (during the stag party
the night before) several of
the lads threw one of their
fellows out of a window
chair and all! All of which
goes to prove that a kilt
doesn't necessarily mean that
there are any sissies In these
parts. Fact is, Scot is a very
proud and valiant person and
not to be reckoned with light
ly.
Saturday night amongst the
Scots is one not, like auld ac-
quaintance, to be forgot. And
among our companions this
night are three fellows all the
way from New Zealand who
are working their way around
the world. These three seem
to know every song that has
ever been written in any coun-
try and proceed to sing them
all!
But what should happen the
next day? All of a sudden we
look up and there stands the
Jeffs and Clyde Pangborn who
have driven over for one last
get-together. We are tickled
and flattered that they should
so honor us and this makes
everything complete. Much
laughter and many jokes.
Pangborn is a master at the
art of story telling and lets us
in on some of the more recent
American ones which are, aft
er all, the best jokes of all.
Lots of interesting people
here at the hotel including MIR.
and Mrs. Robson, late OF In
dia and Hong Kong. Robson
is q big guy, six feet four or
so, who seems not much worse
for the wear of having spent
a couple of years in a Jap
prison camp after the war.
Robson hates Japs and quite
naturally since he weighed
only 78 pounds when released.
His normal weight is around
two hundred and seventy.
Harry and Eileen take a
great liking to the place here
and plan to come back some
time. We feel sure that they
will since this is a lovely spot
what with the lake and all. !.
and no commercialism. That Is
to saw that the property
around the lake Is locally
owned and not for sale. Th'
residents here believe more -
beauty than In profit IL sLssvss
and this Is a good thing too.
The names around here are
a kick. .Hamish. Ian, Jock
ard of course Sandy. the