[lit-ideas] Re: Turning the tables...
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:30:22 -0800
On Feb 5, 2006, at 11:59 AM, Ursula Stange wrote:
You've been to Tobermory? Do tell...
U in North Bay...watching the snow fall for the second day...
David Ritchie wrote:
You guys have a Tobermory!
The original is one of my favorite places.
The original Tobermory is on the Isle of Mull.
The first time I was on Mull, my family rented a cottage on the Western
side of the isle, far from electricity and telephones, but near a golf
course with an "honesty box"--into which one deposited the green
fees--a herd of Highland cows, many sheep. We drove into Tobermory for
groceries. The store was one of the old-fashioned kind; you waited in
a queue and then the assistant collected what you wanted to buy. I
recall the following exchange:
Me: A pound of cheddar and, do you have baked beans?
She: They didn't come in on the boat. Peas are very nice.
We attended a ceileidgh in a church hall with a sprung floor, one
designed to move up and down with the dancing. The minister kept a
stern eye out...inside...the four walls. His blind eye was reserved
for what went on outside the building, where the bottles were passed
around.
Having been once delighted by the place, I took my then girlfriend and
future in-laws in the summer of 1978. The rain tipped down the entire
time we were there; visibility was reduced to feet.
As you can see in this panoramic image, there's not a lot of Tobermory:
http://www.tobermory.co.uk/panorama/panorama_tobermory_waterfront.htm
Maybe one day I should try your version?
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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