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Mary Allison: Uncle and Aunt’s trip to Butterbridge,July 1881
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meet with kenned faces here and there on one’s journey. Jessie happened to be sitting
on the seat at Bellas door when we reached it. Both greeted us kindly Jessie had a
nice bunch of flowers for me and Bella took us into the [****]. We had an hour to
chat and we had of course to tell of our adventures at Butterbridge. Bella got ready
and they both went with us to the boat. We kept in the boat till we reached Glasgow
about eight o’clock, and so ended our holidays which have left impressions of
nothing but pleasure to both uncle James and myself. These pleasant impressions
are due in some degree to the reasonably fine weather, to the novelty and the
quietness of the great hills but in by far the greatest degree are they due to the
exceeding and uniform kindness with which we were treated by your dear parents
and the other members of the family. In after years our memory will recall with
pleasure the various little incidents, and the hearty welcome we received on our trip
at Butterbridge.
Dear Maggie, I hope you are keeping in good health and pleased with your
situation. Do not forget that I will be looking for you, when you get a day or two
to yourself. I suppose it will not be till the November term. Now don’t forget.
We have just got a letter from Mary Hunter. She was away on a trip to Arran
on the 20th July. That was the day we left Butterbridge; but she did not enjoy herself
very much as both her [**** -’mistress] and the girl she was with were seasick all
the time they were in the boat. But it is likely she will have told you all about it in
a letter. Her mistress has asked her to remain through the winter with her, but she
has not decided yet. We had a visit from uncle Sandy and his wife on Monday last
(August 8th). Grandmother is looking well.
Dear Maggie I must draw to a close this rambling letter. Uncle James wishes
to be kindly remembered to you, and always think of me as ever.
Your affectionate aunt
Mary Allison
233
meet with kenned faces here and there on one’s journey. Jessie happened to be sitting
on the seat at Bellas door when we reached it. Both greeted us kindly Jessie had a
nice bunch of flowers for me and Bella took us into the [****]. We had an hour to
chat and we had of course to tell of our adventures at Butterbridge. Bella got ready
and they both went with us to the boat. We kept in the boat till we reached Glasgow
about eight o’clock, and so ended our holidays which have left impressions of
nothing but pleasure to both uncle James and myself. These pleasant impressions
are due in some degree to the reasonably fine weather, to the novelty and the
quietness of the great hills but in by far the greatest degree are they due to the
exceeding and uniform kindness with which we were treated by your dear parents
and the other members of the family. In after years our memory will recall with
pleasure the various little incidents, and the hearty welcome we received on our trip
at Butterbridge.
Dear Maggie, I hope you are keeping in good health and pleased with your
situation. Do not forget that I will be looking for you, when you get a day or two
to yourself. I suppose it will not be till the November term. Now don’t forget.
We have just got a letter from Mary Hunter. She was away on a trip to Arran
on the 20th July. That was the day we left Butterbridge; but she did not enjoy herself
very much as both her [**** -’mistress] and the girl she was with were seasick all
the time they were in the boat. But it is likely she will have told you all about it in
a letter. Her mistress has asked her to remain through the winter with her, but she
has not decided yet. We had a visit from uncle Sandy and his wife on Monday last
(August 8th). Grandmother is looking well.
Dear Maggie I must draw to a close this rambling letter. Uncle James wishes
to be kindly remembered to you, and always think of me as ever.
Your affectionate aunt
Mary Allison
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| Description | A selection from contemporary tourist journals / edited by Alastair J. Durie. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Scottish History Society in association with The Boydell Press, 2012. Contents: Introduction: Tourist travels in Scotland ; Elizabeth Diggle: Journal of a tour from London to the Highlands of Scotland, 19 April to 7 August 1788 ; Adam Bald: Journal of travels and commonplace book, 1790-99 ; Anon: Tours to the Highlands, 1817 and 1818 ; Thomas Adam: Journal of an excursion to Loch Maree, 24 June to 13 July 1857 ; Henry Underhill: Tour in Scotland, Autumn 1868 ; Mary Allison: Uncle and Aunt's trip to Butterbridge, July 1881. |
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