Tartan Etiquette

[Jock Scot]

Perhaps (as it seems to me at least), roots in Europe are less of an importance for Europeans, where as roots transplanted are transplanted into shallower soil. History here is not the same as history there, simply due to the timeframe.

I have only once stood on land and been able to think "this is where my ancestors came from" and even then, just for a few days. To be steeped in history, and in your ancestry must be a powerful thing, but it doesn't translate to the Antipodes.

Cheers,

Cameron

In my distant youth I was ploughing fields at Gommecourt in Northern France. Somewhere in those very fields lies a relative of mine who amongst so many others has no known grave that were killed there on July 1st 1916. Now that was a twist of circumstance and really gave one a strange feeling!