Hill walk routes to climb in SW Scotland
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Around St Mary's Loch
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In checking references on the web about Tibbie Shiels I found her mentioned in the "New York Times" which gives a copy of an article which they printed on 12th August 1878. This date of the 12th August is known each year as "The Glorious Twelfth" because it is on that day each year that the shooting season starts and it would have been the busiest time of the year for Tibbie. The "New York Times" had taken their piece from the Edinburgh "Scotsman" newspaper of 29th July 1878 like an obituary to her. Tibbie died at the age of 96. It makes fascinating reading and shows the link between James Hogg and Tibbie Shiels and also tells of his patronage of the Inn. It is amazing that the hostess of such a remote inn should have an obituary in the "Scotsman" and that it should then find it's way into the "New York Times" and is now still to be found on their website as I write this on 25th June 2008 - 230 years later.
I know from the service provider's statistics that more than 60% of the visitors to my site here are from the USA. The list showing the countries that visitors come to it from extends to around 25 per month. The world is just a wee place really.
