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Hello!
Welcome to Craig and Linda's site
I will listen to
you through our loves and our lives
I will listen to you through our laughs and our cries
I will listen to you when things get you down
I will listen to you when things come around
I will listen to you......
I will listen to you when you laugh and you are funny
I will listen to you when you are down and you are grumpy
I will listen to you through your thoughts and beliefs
I will listen to you and help with your griefs
I will listen to you.
Craig, Monday February 6th 2006 - words of my own.
A little tribute to Linda
Welcome to the site for Craig Cameron and Linda Cameron,
two innocents in a less than innocent world!
Remembered as “The Gentle Lochiel”, Donald,
19th of Lochiel, displayed such bravery during “the
‘45” that he is regarded as the noblest of the
Highland Chiefs.
History
Described
as ‘fiercer than fierceness itself’, the Clan
Cameron is said to be one of the most ancient of Scottish
clans. One theory for their inception is that they are
descended from a son of the Danish King Camchron.
There were numerous names circulating in the 13th century
which would appear to be the progenitors of the name
Cameron, all evolving from the Gaelic terms for a crooked
hill and a crooked nose. The more probable theory is that
their first known chief, Donald Dubh, who may have been the
11th by 1411, was a descendant of either the MacGillonies
or the family Cambrun of Ballegarno in mediaeval Fife.
He married an heiress of the MacMartins of Letterfinlay and
his respected leadership and strengths enabled him to bring
together the confederation of tribes which would, by the
end of that century, be known as the Clan Cameron, and
Lochaber their territory.
In 1528 King James V granted a charter whereby the
‘Captain of Clan Cameron’ had his lands erected
into the barony of Lochiel. It is from this point that we
had a Captain of Cameron of Lochiel.
Achnacarry Castle was built as the home of the Camerons of
Lochiel by Sir Ewen, 17th of Lochiel. It was Sir Ewen who
was such a thorn in Cromwell’s side, continually
waging war against his troops. Finally, on Sir Ewen's word
to live peaceably, the Camerons were allowed to retain
their arms.
Remembered as “The Gentle Lochiel”, Donald,
19th of Lochiel, displayed such bravery during “the
‘45” that he is regarded as the noblest of the
Highland Chiefs. He is said to have saved Glasgow from
being ravaged by the occupying Jacobite army of
1745. Cameron of
Lochiel, Donald (kăm'urun,
lokh-ēl')
[key],
1695?–1748, Scottish clan chieftain, known as the
Gentle Lochiel; grandson of Sir Ewen Cameron.
He was the first of the major chieftains to join Charles
Edward Stuart,
Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the unsuccessful Jacobite
uprising in 1745. He was wounded in the battles of Falkirk
and Culloden (1746) and escaped to France with the
prince
I've added some movies,
all of which require QuickTime and may take some time to
load.
Don't have QuickTime for Windows?
So, why have a personal
web site? why go to all the time and trouble (it costs
both) to hold oneself up to possible ridicule, not just by
your friends and family, but by anyone? Good question!!
I suppose some of it is ego, some of it is fun, some of it
is learning and some of it is sharing. Some of it is, well,
because we can! But if through doing it we all learn
something, even if it is how not to design a web site, then
I guess we've all got something out of it.
We've all learnt something.
So, as I add bits and pieces to this site I hope that you
find it worthwhile coming back, to check things out, to see
what has changed, perhaps send me some comments or
feedback.
So we all keep learning.
Eventually the home page
will settle down to be what I want it to be, but it and the
rest of the site is in a state of constant flux as I try
new things. I've put up a new movie page - which links to
my .mac site. Isn't the www a wwwonderful thing!
Should
you wish to contact either of us by email we can always be
reached at
our
Linda
or
Craig
email addresses.
Further updates coming soon....
Much
much more to add..........
Craig 'n Linda
