Walking with James Hogg:
The Ettrick Shepherd’s Journeys through Scotland
(Edinburgh University Press, 2016)
BOOK LAUNCH
At the JAMES HOGG EXHIBITION
Ettrick Valley
(former Ettrick School) TD7 5JA
Sunday August 14th, 3 pm
All Welcome
(names
/ numbers to ettrickholidays@me.com)
Come and join the author, Bruce Gilkison from New
Zealand,
a great-great-grandson of James Hogg. He will discuss his ancestor’s remarkable
travels through Scotland, starting in 1802, which he has followed over the past 2 years. And
he’ll also discuss Hogg’s remarkable re-discovery in the past few decades, the beginning of a whole new journey in the 21st
century.
No entry fee, but Donations to the Exhibition are
always welcome.
Light refreshments will be provided.
