CORNWALL CLUB ON TOUR AGAIN
AT SILLY O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING WE GATHERED TOGETHER A FEW
OF THE KEENEST, ADVENTUROUS MEMBERS, SOME FINE SCOTTISH CATTLE TO VIEW
AFTER LANDING AND BREAKFAST WE TRAVELED TO THE KINGDOM OF FIFE AND BROOMBREA
WHERE WE WERE TAKEN TO SEE GORDONS’ CATTLE ON A BRILLIANTLY FINE SCOTTISH DAY
HIS BULLS, ALMOST READY FOR STIRLING WITH FIGURES AND WIEGHTS TO IMPRESS
LIKE ALL OTHERS HE HOPED FOR A GOOD SALE, THE PRICES, ANYONE’S GUESS
NEXT ON OUR LIST ‘TEAM MACGREGOR’ WHERE WE’D A WONDERFUL BBQ LUNCH
RECEIVED WITH VERY MUCH PLEASURE BY THIS ‘HUNGRY FOR STEAK’ CORNISH BUNCH
THEN ON TRAILER WE TOURED ROBERTS’ CATTLE AND ENJOYED THE SPECTACULAR VIEW
‘TEAM MISTY’ LOOKED GRAND IN THE SUNSHINE, SOME GOOD BULLS FOR THE SALE WERE FIT TOO
ON OUR SECOND DAY, JUDY MCGOWAN WAS OUR GUIDE ON THE BUS FOR THE DAY
WE SAW BEAUTIFUL GARDENS AT BOLFRACKS, THOUGH THE HIGHLANDS WE WENDED OUR WAY
TO INCHEOCH, WE WERE MADE MOST WELCOME, THEIR CATTLE IMPRESSED US FOR SURE
WE WERE TREATED TO A VERY FINE BBQ WITH MORE FOLKS WHO HAD JOINED THE FARM TOUR
ON DAY THREE WE WENT TO ‘GROUSE WHISKEY’ THE ‘EXPERIENCE’ MOST TASTY FOR US
INSPIRING SOME MALE MEMBERS WITH DANCE STEPS AND MUCH LAUGHTER BACK ON THE BUS
THEN ON TO CREIFF AND JIM MC CLAREN, TO SEE COMMERCIALS AND PEDIGREES TOO
WITH BLACKFORD COWS HE’D PURCHASED.HE EXPLAINED WHAT THEY WERE AIMING TO DO
DAY FOUR, A FREE DAY IN EDINBURGH, THEN FLEW HOME TO THE FAR WEST ONCE MORE
HAVING ENJOYED ANOTHER FABULOUS VISIT, ’CROSS THE BORDER, ON OUR SCOTTISH TOUR
WE MADE FRIENDS WHO SHARE IN OUR PASSION FOR THE SIMMENTAL BREED AT ITS BEST
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN COUNTRIES FROM THE NORTH TO THE VERY SOUTH WEST
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR KIND HOSTS, YOUR HOSPITALITY WARM AS THE SUN
WE RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL OTHER CLUBS.....GET TRAVELLING, LEARN AND HAVE FUN.