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- c. July 1917 (Creation)
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Letter to Ruth Mallory written from Skipness on Sunday
Describes his 2 1/2 hr journey on the steamer, his fellow passengers and then the 1 1/2hr coach journey to get to Red House where Ethel Graham was waiting for him in a car. Describes the countryside, house and gardens where he was staying. Amongst the other guests were Cosmo Gordon's father and Lee Warner [who ran the Medici Society], Mary Ann and Frances [Cosmo's wife]. Arran was visible and he was going there on Wednesday to stay in the hostel in Corrie.
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Undated except for the day 'Sunday'. In July 1917 whilst recovering from his ankle operation he stayed for 3 days with Cosmo Gordon's in laws in their house at Skipness on the Mull of Kintyre before going on to the Isle of Arran to go walking and climbing with David Pye and Will Arnold-Forster