HOMECOMING  '09

Lord Seafield and the Hon. Lady Freyja



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 !!