World Gathering of Clan MacIntyre

[Jack Daw]

Didja have a good time over yonder?

stevie

I did, Stevie! Highland hospitality is very much like Southern; so, I felt right at home.

The two additions to this pic are Colin McIntyre and Ian Simpson (a non-MacIntyre), who served as the guides up to Lairig Noe, a saddle between Ben Cruachan and Beinn Chochuill, and the Stone of the Fatted Calf where the MacIntyres had to pay a snowball in July as rent to Campbell of Breadalbane at Kilchurn Castle. I either told a funny joke or they are taunting me for wearing trousers.

BTW, that walking stick kept me from falling into the River Noe a couple of times, thanks to Gregor, a local fellow who likes his beer and whisky at the Brander Lodge. I dubbed it 'Hazel' because it was a well-selected hazelwood branch. The whole tree would have been too generous and cumbersome. When Gregor gave it to me, I ran upstairs to put my things away, but he was gone after I returned; so, I didn't get to treat him to a pint until a couple of evenings later.