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The end of an era, everyone's friend, Jock died on 29 December
2003, aged 14.5 years -
100 years old in doggie terms. He had become very lame..
although was still interested in all that went on around him.
He still happily accepted admiring pats from all and sundry
right up to the end! He was still waiting for a telegram from
the Queen's corgi, but we think he may have missed out due
to the doggie trouble with Princess Anne's dog killing a corgi
in the palace!
See
more
of Jock's long life often as seen through the camera
lenses
of his many admirers amongst our guests .... |
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Sad news..Simba, our prizewinning moggy, died on 12 October 2003
aged 8.5 years. He crossed the road one time too many...
He was born after one of Hilda Thomson's prize winners was "covered"
by an unknown tom!
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In
September 2003, the Cairngorms
National Park - Scotland's second, and Britain's
largest - was launched. As well as looking onto most of the
Cairngorm massif,
Auchendean is within the park boundaries. |
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August 2003 - For the
first time in 17 years we went to the Edinburgh
Festival for the wonderful
Scottish Opera's rendition of Wagner's Ring Cycle..then to Bill's
horror listened to it again in
September when BBC R3 broadcast the whole thing over 4 consecutive
nights.. |
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In
June 2003 we travelled north to see the very rare
St Olaf's Candlestick flowering - and
Creeping Ladies Tresses - and
Lesser Twayblade
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A
big treat was the Annular Eclipse of 31 May 2003 from the Moray
Firth Coast - see
more pictures |
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February
2003 - We held an Amnesty International dinner and raised more
cash for Amnesty
than any otherrestaurant in Scotland.
We got a prize of a painting
of all of the workers here at Auchendean... |
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Early February 2003 - We protested
at the coming War in Iraq in the Square, Grantown on Spey |
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