Invite Roils worldwide to the
Homecoming to Kintyre for 3 days Arrive at Dun Leamnamuic by Moonbeam
overnight on Monday 9th Nov 09
Tues 10th Nov 09
Breakfast Porridge You are in Scotland! Guided tour of the 170 acre Estate by your
hosts Dinner Cullen Skink Legend & stories by the
Fire ( Suggested reading West Loch Tarbert) Kintyre's Best Ever Guide
Book esp page 6 on Internet) Wed 11th Nov 09 Breakfast Porridge Voyage by Caledonian MacBrayne
Ferry' Hebridean Isles' from Kennacraig to the Ancestral home of Lord
Colonsay & his brotherArchibald MacNeil on the Isle of Colonsay
Saviours of the purebred Deerhound race which was near to extinction
(Suggested reading-The Deerhound by Norah Hartley) Dinner Haggis, bashed Neaps &
Tatties Stories by the Fire Thurs 12th Nov 09 Breakfast Porridge Visit to the Lowlands Sir Walter
Scott's House, Abbotsford (Suggested reading The Talisman----A Most
Perfect Creature of Heaven' ) Onwards to Edinburgh to view the
Scott Monument in Princes Street Back to Kintyre after visiting
Ardkinglas, home of the famous Breeder the late Miss Anastasia Noble.
There are not many hounds today who do not have some Ardkinglas blood
(Suggested reading Memories of Anastasia Noble and Ardkinglas Hounds) Dinner Venison Casserole Night time departure for home by
moonbeam Wee dram of Islay or Jura Malt
whisky (purely medicinal to overcome rigours of such a long journey
ahead) Oatcakes to nibble for sustenance FOOTNOTE The Homecoming this year of 2009 is
the 250th anniversary of the birth( i.e whelpday) of the famous
Scottish Poet , Robbie Burns. Come home, Deerhounds, to your
heritage and your roots !!