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EAST of the HEBRIDES CRUISE
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Apartments
for Rent in Edinburgh
We have a comfortable
apartment available for short term holiday lets in Cockburn Street in the Old Town in the heart of Edinburgh, about 5 minutes
from both the Castle and Princes Street, the main shopping street.
Should anyone be
planning a trip to Edinburgh and be interested, further information is available from Katie Kerr, Greatbase at http://www.greatbase.co.uk/
and she has
several other comfortable apartments for rent on the same website.
In the hope that
this may be of interest, with many thanks,
Your sincerely,
Harriet Brennan
26 Hampton Park
Bristol BS6 6LH
and
43/3 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh EH1 1BS
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Self Catering Cottage Available for Rental
Isle of Skye
Currently there is available a self-catering holiday cottage on the Isle of Skye. With beautiful loch views,
Keeper’s Cottage is located in the charming village of Skeabost Bridge, only six miles from Portree.
Skeabost Bridge has a country house hotel, a golf course and the best salmon river on Skye.
We would be delighted to accommodate your members at our cottage and would like to draw their attention to our website
www.keeperscottage-skye.co.uk
Kind regards, John and Wendy Cowpe.
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Always ask the recommended accommodation and/or travel service if they offer a discount
to our members. Many do offer discounts to our members, but in some cases you have had to be a member for a lengthy
period of time. We have registered most of you so far, but check with us before you contact them.
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I am a genealogist, living in Ontario, with an expert in Scottish genealogy research. I offer 10 day trips to Scotland
to allow people to access the records directly. I take groups to the repositories in Edinburgh (Scotland's People Centre,
The Scottish Genealogy Society, The National Library of Scotland) and in Glasgow (The Mitchell Library - the largest Library
in Europe with one full floor dedicated to genealogy research and now a second floor which houses the Genealogy Centre - a
repository with full access to all of the records). In addition, I arrange speakers to help those in the tour better understand
their scottish research and scottish ancestry. Being from Scotland, I think it is really important for those of British Heritage
to gain a greater understanding of who they are as a person. As such, I take the groups to The Scottish Expericence Dinner
Show and arrange a full Scottish Banquet in a small country castle on the outskirts of Edinburgh for the final night. There
is time for people to travel to the part of Scotland where their ancestors lived. This is not included in the tour price,
but I will make all of the arrangements for the individuals as requested. Since travel is not from Ontario, I would suggest
that interested participants register for the "Land Only" portion of the tour.
groups of 5 or more qualify
for a $100 per person discount (this is in addition to the fundraiser donation per participant).
Christine Woodcock
Tour Facilitator
Genealogy Tours of Scotland
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For Christine Woodcock's newsletter and brochure, click here:
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STIRLING GHOSTWALK
2010 marked the 20th
Anniversary of the STIRLING GHOSTWALK – dramatic guided tours of the
spooks and crannies of the foremost of Scotland’s historic Royal Burghs...and,
since 2001, it’s newest City.
Starting at the Stirling Old Town Jail, the tour travels through the historic
Valley Cemetery, featuring sites as Mar’s
Wark, the Stirling Guildhall and Holy
Rude Church – all in the shadow of stately Stirling Castle – with
actors bringing to life colourful characters and stories from the rich folklore of the Castle
Rock, the former favoured seat of the ruling House of Stewart.
Jack Rankin ‘the Happy Hangman’, the Hellfire and Brimstone preacher Blind Alick Lyon (reputed to have
vanished on the Holy Rude kirkyard’s Ladies Hill, battling the devil) and the amorous merchant ‘Auld Staney Breeks’
have been delighting boys and ghouls of all ages for two decades.
To celebrate twenty years of ‘Waking the Dead’, we’re
offering discounts to guests to local hotels, patrons of Stirling’s museums and galleries - and members of Caledonian
Societies, such as yours – throughout 2010.
Should any of your members be visiting Scotland or Stirling, this year, we’d be grateful if you could advise
them that they will be guaranteed a 10% discount on our usual ticket price (£6 for adults, £4 for children, students and seniors)
on production of their membership card (or other accreditation) for your society. A 20-25% discount will be available for
pre-booked group parties of ten persons or more.
For further details visit http://www.stirlingghostwalk.com/
Tours run from Tuesday-to-Saturday in the peak of the tourist season, in July and August, starting
at 8.30pm – and at 8.00pm every Friday evening throughout the rest of the year.
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Scottish Bank Note Warning
One of our members warns that if you are traveling on a mixed European itinerary with an early stop in Scotland
or Northern Ireland and later plan to exchange UK pounds outside the UK, make sure you request Bank of England notes
to start with. Scottish notes may not be accepted outside of Scotland.
To read a detailed explanation by the Bank of Scotland, written to one of our members who encountered the problem while on
his way to serve in Afghanistan, please click here.
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For information on rental of luxury self-catering apartments for business or pleasure, contact Glasgow City Flats. Click here.
For information on the McQuade Collection of Glasgow Hotels and Apartments, click here:
For information on the GNWS Travel Guide for Scotland, click here:
For information on a beautiful Victorian Villa called the "Belhaven Hotel" conveniently located in North Berwick (east of
Edinburgh) click here:
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