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DIARY
Saturday 19th May 2001: Spring Meeting & AGM
"Gilian the Dreamer"
We are delighted to advise members of the arrangements for the 2001 Spring Meeting. We have a change of venue this year and will meet in the Campbell Conference Room of The Argyll Hotel, Inveraray. A full programme has been arranged with excellent speakers and visits and details are shown below. A charge of £10 per person will be made for this meeting. Members wishing to book accommodation at the Argyll Hotel should contact the hotel on 01499 302466 - a discounted rate for Bed and Breakfast has been arranged and members should inform reception when booking that they are attending our conference. Other accommodation in Inveraray can be arranged through the local Tourist Information Centre on 01499 302063. Members wishing to attend the AGM only may of course do so without charge.
10.00 Assemble - Coffee and registration The Argyll Hotel, Front Street, Inveraray
10.30 Depart in pooled cars for visit to Glenaray and the Neil Munro Monument. There will be a special programme of music and readings at the Monument to mark the 70th anniversary of Munro's death.
Lunch at members' discretion
1.45 Writing Competition prize-giving and AGM
2.30 Don Martin, East bunbartonshire Libraries: The story of the puffers
3.15 Coffee
3.45 Margaret Bennett, School of Scottish Studies: John Francis Campbell "lain Og Ile' - Gaelic folklorist
Evening meal at members' discretion
7.30 Some newly discovered Munro poetry
8.00 Beth Dickson, St Aloysius' College: The Neil Munro Lecture - Gilian the breamer
9.30 Ceilidh - bring voices & instruments!
Sunday 20th May
11.15 Morning worship at Inveraray Parish Church will incorporate a memorial service to mark the 70th anniversary of Neil Munro's death. This service will be conducted by our Honorary President, the Rev. Brian Wilkinson, Minister of Inveraray. All members and friends are most cordially invited to join with the congregation on this special occasion.
Saturday 8th September 2001
LOCH AWE CRUISE
Depart 1.00 pm
The Society has chartered the Loch Awe Steam Packet Company's m.v. Flower of Scotland for a four-hour cruise on Loch Awe for members and friends. The cruise will depart from Loch Awe pier, below Loch Awe village, 2 miles from Dalmally on the A85 at 1.00 p.m. prompt. We plan to land on Fraoch Eilean and Inishail but the operator's decision on whether weather conditions will permit this will be final. Tickets for the cruise are priced at £10 per person. IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no piers on these islands and landings will be made by means of transfer to the ship's boat.
These two hard to reach islands are of considerable historical interest - Inishail has the old Cladich Parish Church with interesting 14th to 16th century carved tombstones as well as an early Cross Slab. Fraoch Eilean has a ruined castle dating to the 13th century.
The Flower of Scotland can accommodate 56 passengers and bookings are on a "first come, first served" basis. No entry on board without pre-booked tickets. Please do not leave booking until the last minute - you are likely to be disappointed. Tickets will be sent out to all members whose bookings are accepted and cheques returned when the ship's capacity has been reached.
We would suggest that you bring a packed lunch - light refreshments may also be purchased at The Pierhead Café. Members might care to meet together afterwards for an evening meal at the Glenorchy Lodge Hotel.
Details of the architectural remains of the islands appears in "The Buildings of Scotland: Argyll & Bute" by Frank A. Walker (Penguin) and on the RCAHMS web-site www.rcahms.gov.uk. The RCAHMS publication "Argyll an inventory of the ancient monuments: Vol.2 Lorn" is also worth consulting. The "Loch Awe" chapter of Seton Cordon's "Highways & Byways in the West Highlands" (Birlinn) deals with these islands and the traditions and legends of the area.
To book enclose £10 per place. Please make cheques payable to The Neil Munro Society.
NO ADMISSION ON BOARD WITHOUT TICKET
NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED
EARLY BOOKING ADVISED
Everyone interested in these and in the other activites of the Society should contact the Club Secretary at the following address:
Brian D Osborne
Secretary
8 Briar Road
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow G66 3SA
Tel/Fax: 0141 776 4280
e-mail: brian@bdosborne.demon.co.uk
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