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Sent: 6 August, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Fw: HAPPY TO MEET, SORRY TO
PART, HAPPY TO MEET AGAIN.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 1:44 PM
Subject: HAPPY TO MEET, SORRY TO PART, HAPPY TO MEET
AGAIN.
Dear Friends,
What seems but a short time ago, Margaret,
Viscountess Thurso, requested Malcolm Caithness to chair the meeting of the
Clan Sinclair Caithness. During that meeting, Lord Thurso and Lord Caithness
suggested that something special should be done for the
Millennium.
What the committee took on board was the "2000
Gathering", little suspecting the amount of planning and organising
that was to come.
I was then the new guy on the scene and quite content
to sit back, listen and learn. Learn I did, and very quickly, for before I
knew what was happening, I was voted onto the organizing committee, there I
meet the most dedicated team of workers I have ever had the pleasure of
working with, Lady Margaret, who chaired the meetings and never seemed to
tire, in spite of the serious hip injury, our secretary, Kay Dunnett, who
kept us all informed of every move that was made, again, even though laid
low with the serious leg injury, she never wavered, our treasurer Nicky
Sinclair, who had just taken over the reigns at Strathmore Lodge, with her
husband, the Hon, Patrick Sinclair, had so much work to do of their
own, from heating, wiring and decorating, setting up
the dining facilities/kitchens etc. But, they were still
there when it mattered.
Ruby, Maureen, Donald, and David, all Sinclair's, and
dedicated to the clan chief.
It is now a small piece of Sinclair history, but I
could not let it pass without paying my respects to such a dedicated team of
workers, who I was privileged to join.
And now to the visitors who joined the pilgrimage to
Gods country, you were the kindest with your complements, you were the most
generous with your donations and purchases, you were to most tolerant with
our weather, particularly, the winds of Noss, { I hope the wee warm up dram
helped }.
From all the team who worked up at Noss,very best
wishes from,
JOAN, LESLIE, RON, EUAN, SHAUN, JIM, and
OLWEN.
Yours Aye
IAN of
NOSS