Two sagas and six Books!l

Last week saw the fourth anniversary of the publication of my first book – “New Beginnings in Vancouver Island” and today sees the third and final book in this Colville series with “Farewell to Vancouver Island”. It tells Sam Gray’s story in the Fraser River goldfields. When I stop to think about it, that’s six books and two series in four years with the fourth Shackleton book forthcoming. Although I say it myself, that’s not bad going although I wish I’d started earlier.

Here’s the link for Sam’s story –

PB: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1919213325

KINDLE: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVSW35SW

I spent most of our glorious summer at the computer keyboard, but there were some highlights I’d like to share with you.

We enjoyed a week in Scotland resting up and meeting with friends. To say it was a bit windy is an understatement. The trusty yellow mac had several good outings. We travelled up through Northumberland before skirting round Edinburgh and up to Ballathie near Perth, Our hotel gardens overlooked the River Tay so I spent the mornings writing and the afternoons enjoying the garden watching the River flow down to Dundee.

After three days of rest and relaxation we drove across to Fort William on the eastern shore of Loch Linnie in the shadow of Ben Nevis. Ambling down the High St I spotted The West Highland Museum tucked away in a corner of the shopping area in Cameron Square. It’s well worth a visit.

https://www.westhighlandmuseum.org.uk/

There were many items of interest, but on balance, I think this set of pipes fascinated me the most because they were so old and had such a rich history.

Just imagine it – these pipes were played at Bannockburn in 1314 and the only replacement has been the fabric for the bag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn There’s a chanter, blow pipe and single drone and they’re still playable after all this time. The last occasion when the full pipes were played was in 2008 giving a rendition of “Scots Wha Hae” and the chanter was played more recently in 2018 at a rural gathering of the MacIntyres at Loch Etive.

We spent the night close by at Inverlochy and the next day we boarded The Jacobite steam locomotive (star of the Harry Potter movies as the Hogwart’s Express ) from Fort William to Mallaig – 41 miles there and 41 miles back with great scenery. There’s just time between trains to enjoy a meal in one of the many restaurants and walk around the quay. The ferries from here go across to the Isle of Skye so if you time it right you can watch those coming and going.

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