Edward,Īged 37, was in the Black Watch, the only casualty of World War 1 toīe buried in Boezinge Churchyard in Belgium. Mrs Urquhart, died a few weeks after George on 23 rd October. The website remembers too that Edward, the son of the Rev E W and On La Ferte-sous-Jouarre memorial in France, along with 4000 of his Or the names of his parents, but we do know that his name is recorded Of World War 1, died on 14 th September 1914. Highlanders, part of the expeditionary force sent to France at the start It helps us to remember that Private George Douglas of the Cameron Yes, the Commonwealth War Graves website is an astonishing place. Inspires, whatever evils it is intended to combat, is somehow noble or Tomorrows, don’t make our annual act of remembrance with anyĭelusions that war itself, whatever acts of heroism and courage it Astonishing in its monumental scopeĪnd, because it is dedicated to Remembering, harrowing in its content.Īnd we who acknowledge that our today owes so much to so many lost The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website is an astonishing There are other options that include food but I thought the Gold was a great time, and they have a bar in the tasting room where you can try more if you saw something you liked, or want a recommendation for something similar.Micah 4.1-5 Philippians 4.6-9 John 6.37-40 The Platinum tour = £45 - same as the gold tour but with an extra 6th “deluxe” blended whisky added to your tasting The Gold tour (the one I did) = £34 - includes the tour + a total of 5 drinks / tastings The Silver tour (baseline) = £21 - just includes the tour and a single drink / tasting You can then upgrade your tour to include a variety of add-ons. They have a variety of tour options, but all of them start with a ride in their “how whisky is made” interactive “experience”, followed by a bit of a history lesson and a taste of a single type of whisky. It’s right on the royal mile, almost at the entrance to the castle (aka right in the middle of town). I booked a tour / tasting at the The Scotch Whisky Experience on the train ride up on the same day. I don’t know if it was because I was a solo traveler or the days I was there (weekdays after the holidays, Jan 2-4), but I didn’t have any trouble booking things that close to arrival.Īfter my nice introductory walk around Old Town, it was time to get down to the proper business of being in Scotland: drinking whisky. I pre-booked the three big things I mention below for the same afternoon or next day. I also used the time to do some reading in my new guidebook and book a few tickets for things I wanted to do. I even made use of the café car to have a snack so I could hit the ground running when I made it to Edinburgh. European trains are definitely my favorite way to travel, and the hours flew by on this trip. I always try to book a window seat with a table so I can work on my needlepoint or read my current book. The trip is 4.25 hrs and can go a couple of different routes, all of which are lovely and go through beautiful swaths of the countryside. A few days before my jaunt up to Scotland from London, I went on the National Rail website and booked my round trip tickets for about £115 (if I had booked earlier it would have only been about £70 but with the train strike uncertainty I didn’t want to risk it). There was a train strike while I was in England, but that only meant some of the trains were canceled (not all).
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