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‘Daft Pate’ Macmillan of Courthill Smithy, Pioneer of the Pedal-Driven Bicycle

Bicycling ca 1887 😉 Hy Sandham Aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co Source Wikipedia

Bonjour Marie-Agnès, Janice et Jean-Claude! Ca va? – How are you? 🙂

We’d like to tell the story today of the quiet, diffident Scotsman who is generally accepted as the inventor of the bicycle; but first, please let […]

March 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Great Scots, Letters From Scotland | 3 comments

Married at Gretna Green!

“How far, how far to Gretna? ‘Tis years and years away, And chaise and four will nevermore fling dust across the day; But as I ride the Carlisle road, where life and love have been, I hear again the beating hooves go through to Gretna Green.”

Anon.

March 10th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Letters From Scotland | 8 comments